ED33G:
Communication of Science: Practice, Research, and Reflection II

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Session ID#: 17173

Session Description:
Do you consider yourself a science communicator? Does your research group or institution participate in public engagement activities? Have you ever evaluated or published your education and outreach efforts?

Scientists communicate to non-peer audiences through numerous pathways including websites, blogs, public lectures, media interviews, and educational collaborations. A considerable amount of time and money is invested in this public engagement and these efforts are to a large extent responsible for the public perception of science. However, few opportunities and incentives exist for researchers to optimize their communication practices to ensure effective outreach. This session, run at both AGU and EGU, encourages critical reflection on science communication practices and provides an opportunity for science communicators to share best practice and experiences with evaluation and research in this field.

Primary Convener:  Heidi A Roop, University at Buffalo, Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States; Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand
Conveners:  Samuel Michael Illingworth, Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester, United Kingdom and Alejandra Borunda, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States
Chairs:  Alejandra Borunda, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States and Heidi A Roop, University at Buffalo, Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States; Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand
OSPA Liaison:  Heidi A Roop, University at Buffalo, Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States; Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand
Co-Organized with:
Public Affairs, and Public Affairs

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
6329 Project evaluation [POLICY SCIENCES]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Power of Storytelling: A Native Hawaiian Approach to Science Communication (169352)
Kiana L Frank, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, Honolulu, United States
Earth Expeditions: Telling the stories of eight NASA field campaigns by focusing on the human side of science (184549)
Susan Bell, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Light and Dark: a Mixed Mode Exhibition and Art Installation Project (192893)
Robert William Walsh, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
IODP Expedition 360: Analyzing the Media Coverage of a High Profile Research Project (180261)
Lucas Kavanagh, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Alejandra Olivia Martinez, Eagle Pass Independent School District, Eagle Pass, TX, United States, Marion Burgio, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Jiansong Zhang, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, China and IODP Expedition 360 Scientists, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
What Makes You Tick? An Empirical Study of Space Science Related Social Media Communications Using Machine Learning (127379)
Yi-Ling Hwong1, Carol Oliver2 and Martin Julian Van Kranendonk1, (1)University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (2)University of New South Wales, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Sydney, Austria
@OceanSeaIceNPI: Positive Practice of Science Outreach via Social Media (140784)
Amelie Meyer1, Alexey Pavlov2, Anja Rösel2, Dr. Mats A Granskog, PhD3, Sebastian Gerland2, Stephen R Hudson2, Jennifer King2, Polona Itkin2, Jean Negrel2, Lana Cohen2, Paul Anthony Dodd2 and Laura de Steur4, (1)Norwegian Polar Institute, Ocean and Sea Ice, Tromsø, Norway, (2)Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway, (3)Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway, (4)Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ, Texel, Netherlands
Engaging new generation of Arctic researchers: 14 years and counting (170816)
Vladimir A Alexeev1, John E Walsh2, Regine Hock3, Danica Jade Loucks4 and Ute Kaden2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (4)University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
INSPIRE Science Internship Camps at SMVDU; Forum for Engagement of Higher Secondary School Students for Promotion of Innovative Pursuit of Science (157437)
Sunil Kumar Wanchoo and Samantha Vaishnavi, Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Physics, Katra, India

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