Communicating science effectively: A research agenda

National Academies of Sciences, Medicine… - 2017‏ - books.google.com
Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result,
people face an increasing need to integrate information from science with their personal …

Scientists' prioritization of communication objectives for public engagement

A Dudo, JC Besley - PloS one, 2016‏ - journals.plos.org
Amid calls from scientific leaders for their colleagues to become more effective public
communicators, this study examines the objectives that scientists' report drive their public …

Gap between science and media revisited: Scientists as public communicators

HP Peters - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013‏ - pnas.org
The present article presents an up-to-date account of the current media relations of
scientists, based on a comprehensive analysis of relevant surveys. The evidence suggests …

Understanding scientists' willingness to engage

JC Besley, A Dudo, S Yuan… - Science …, 2018‏ - journals.sagepub.com
A set of parallel surveys of scientists from multiple scientific societies finds that the most
consistent predictors of willingness to take part in engagement activities with the public are a …

Communicating science in social settings

DA Scheufele - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013‏ - pnas.org
This essay examines the societal dynamics surrounding modern science. It first discusses a
number of challenges facing any effort to communicate science in social environments: lay …

Building Buzz: (Scientists) Communicating Science in New Media Environments

X Liang, LYF Su, SK Yeo… - Journalism & mass …, 2014‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Public communication about science faces novel challenges, including the increasing
complexity of research areas and the erosion of traditional journalistic infrastructures …

What science communication scholars think about training scientists to communicate

JC Besley, AH Tanner - Science Communication, 2011‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The current study involved an attempted census of first and second authors from five key
journals across the subfields of science, health, environment, and risk communication …

Scientists' views about communication training

JC Besley, A Dudo… - Journal of Research in …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
This study assesses how scientists think about science communication training based on the
argument that such training represents an important tool in improving the quality of …

Scientists popularizing science: characteristics and impact of TED talk presenters

CR Sugimoto, M Thelwall, V Larivière, A Tsou… - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference and associated website of
recorded conference presentations (TED Talks) is a highly successful disseminator of …

Qualitative interviews with science communication trainers about communication objectives and goals

JC Besley, AD Dudo, S Yuan… - Science …, 2016‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Qualitative interviews with science communication trainers (n= 24) on the role of objectives
and goals in training efforts suggest that trainers believe that scientists come to training with …