Good Faith, Bad Tweet: A Case Study in Science Communication on Twitter
Twitter drama can be fun to watch or just plain exhausting (or sometimes even both) – but can it teach us anything about sci-comm?
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Who’s the Joke For: Humor and Satire in SciComm
Do the benefits of using humor for science communication outweigh the risk of alienating your audience? Maybe, maybe not.
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r/science Let’s Talk Science Communication (AMA)
Ask me Anything (AMA) threads on the popular social media site Reddit allow for direct science communication to an expert in a particular field of study, as well engage discussion between the host and different members of the audience.
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What did students learn during a science communication course? Not much.
Do science communication training programs actually work? A new study discusses some disheartening results.
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Engagement Culture in Academia: A Budding “Trickle-Up” Effect
Focus groups at a land grant university show that faculty face institutional barriers to engagement. Junior faculty challenge the status quo
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What Happens To Pandemic Policy When People Don’t Trust Scientists?
Decline in the public authority of science is an increasingly consequential problem. Why is it happening?
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SCTN Mini-Convening Coverage
ICYMI: Build your network, create culturally relevant sci-comm training, and level-up your public engagement, from the SCTN Mini-Convening!
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Science Talk 2022 Coverage Part 2
Catch up on Science Talk ’22, part 2. Read about video creation, applied sci comm, and maximizing impact to create community.
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Science Communication Trainers Network 2021 Convening Coverage: Part 2
SciCommBites attended the annual SciComm Trainers Network convening in December 2021. Catch up on what you missed in part two of two!
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Science speaks many languages—let’s show that
Why is so much of science strictly in English? The world speaks thousands of languages – science should as well.
