PA12A:
Communication of Science: Practice, Research, and Reflection I

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Session ID#: 30583

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 of Washington, Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, United States
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 of Washington, Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Heidi A Roop, University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • ED - Education
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
6329 Project evaluation [POLICY SCIENCES]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Stepping Up: Empowering Science Communicators at UW’s College of the Environment (Invited) (213079)
John J Meyer1, Lisa J Graumlich2 and Molly M McCarthy2, (1)University of Washington Seattle, Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, (2)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
For Me It Was When I Saw a Simple Chart: Former Climate Contrarians Recount What Changed Their Minds (291146)
Karin B Kirk, Freelance Science Writer, Bozeman, MT, United States
We Engage, Therefore They Trust? A Study of Social Media Engagement and Public Trust in Science (216663)
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
Diversity of Communications, Diversity of Communities: Strategic Choices for Maximum Engagement (287425)
Marijke Unger, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Beth A Bartel, UNAVCO, Boulder, CO, United States
Benefits, challenges, and best practices for involving audiences in the development of interactive coastal risk communication tools: Professional communicators’ experiences (209545)
Sonia H Stephens, University of Central Florida, English and Texts & Technology, Orlando, FL, United States and Denise DeLorme, Louisiana State University, Environmental Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Communicating Risks Associated with Onshore Oil and Gas Development: A Reflective Case Study from a Public Health Perspective (259377)
Uni Blake, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, United States
Experimental Words: sharing science through poetry (272794)
Guillaume Goodwin1, Samuel Michael Illingworth2, Daniel Simpson3, Ardith D. Bravenec4, Eliza Calder5, Paul I Palmer5, Florian Payen4, Kathryn Ailes6, Freddie Alexander7, Douglas Garry6, Kevin McLean6 and Catherine Wilson6, (1)University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, EH9, United Kingdom, (2)Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, (3)Independant poet, London, United Kingdom, (4)University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (5)University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (6)Loud Poets, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (7)Independent poet, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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