PA11B:
Communicating Science in the Social Media Age I eLightning


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Session ID#: 53196

Session Description:
Science is challenged as a source of relevant information for understanding the world and how we interact with it and how it impacts us. To have an impact on interested public, scientists need to understand and respond to an evolving social media landscape. How do scientists break through the ever increasing volume of social media, including Instagram feeds, Buzz Feed quizzes, and Facebook polls to share relevant discoveries and breakthroughs? How can knowledge and authoritative data be reinserted into policy discussions and management decisions addressing natural resources? This session will be used to share various strategies, techniques, tools, applications, and platforms that scientists can use to communicate science with an audience and engage a public immersed in social media. This session will be accompanied by an e-Lightning session to facilitate discussion and feedback on current research applying to knowledge acquisition and communication, geospatial data visualizations, videos, and animations in real-time.
Primary Convener:  Charles Hobart Perry, USDA Forest Service, Vallejo, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sudhir R Shrestha, ESRI, Redlands, CA, United States and Christopher Oswalt, USDA Forest Service, Research and Development, Vallejo, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Charles Hobart Perry, USDA Forest Service, Vallejo, CA, United States
Chairs:  Charles Hobart Perry, USDA Forest Service, Vallejo, CA, United States and Christopher Oswalt, USDA Forest Service, Vallejo, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Charles Hobart Perry, USDA Forest Service, Vallejo, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • ED - Education
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
Index Terms:

1920 Emerging informatics technologies [INFORMATICS]
1994 Visualization and portrayal [INFORMATICS]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6339 System design [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Communicating Science in the Social Media Age Utilizing Twitter, Facebook and a Digital Newsletter (363432)
Harold A Geller, George Mason University Fairfax, Physics and Astronomy, Fairfax, VA, United States
Sharing the Scientific Process: Communications from an Icelandic Field Expedition (384161)
Molly L Wasser1, Nicole Whelley2, Conor A Nixon3, Jacob A Richardson4, Patrick Whelley4, Jacob E Bleacher5, David Ladd6, Nancy Neal Jones4 and Lonnie Shekhtman7, (1)ADNET Systems Inc., Greenbelt, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)USRA, Columbia, MD, United States, (7)ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, United States
Sharing Your Scientific Research: Inform, Engage and Inspire Others with Your Story (392288)
Charmel Menzel, ESRI, Redlands, CA, United States
Space Weather: Communicating a Frontier of Discovery (349916)
Gregory R Hammer1, Katy Matthews2, Daniel B Seaton3,4, Jennifer Fulford5, Heather McCullough6, Kaitlin Palubicki7, Angela Sallis8 and Karin Vergoth3, (1)NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, United States, (2)NOAA NCEI, Asheville, NC, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, United States, (5)National Centers for Environmental Information/IC&MS, Asheville, NC, United States, (6)National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)National Centers for Environmental Information/Northern Gulf Institute, Stennis, MS, United States, (8)NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information/GDIT, Stennis Space Center, United States
Forests in Focus: Engaging Multinational Brands in Data-Driven Conservation Initiatives (458245)
Charles Hobart Perry, USDA Forest Service, Vallejo, CA, United States and Christopher Oswalt, USDA Forest Service, Research and Development, Vallejo, CA, United States
Sustainability Stories: Guidelines for Scientists on Making Engaging and Uplifting Videos (463050)
Leigh Bernacchi1, Richard Wargo2, Jeannette Warnert3, Michael N. Dawson4, Colleen McCormick4 and Armando Quintero5, (1)University of California Merced, CITRIS, Merced, CA, United States, (2)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States, (3)University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kearney, CA, United States, (4)University of California Merced, Merced, United States, (5)University of California Merced, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, CA, United States
An Uncertainty Quantification Approach for Social Media Based Decisions (367026)
Samiksha Singh, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, India

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