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18/09/2017

Narratives as a mode of research evaluation in citizen science: understanding broader science communication impacts

Natasha Constant and Liz Roberts

Science communicators develop qualitative and quantitative tools to evaluate the ‘impact’ of their work however narrative is rarely adopted as a form of evaluation.

12/09/2017

RRI & science museums; prototyping an exhibit for reflection on emerging and potentially controversial research and innovation

Marjoleine G. van der Meij, Jacqueline Broerse and Frank Kupper

To unravel how science museums can prepare citizens for reflection on research and innovation, this study evaluates a playful exhibit prototype, Opinion Lab (OL).

04/09/2017

Are audiences receptive to humour in popular science articles? An exploratory study using articles on environmental issues

Bruno Pinto and Hauke Riesch

This study aims to test the perceptions of audiences to positive and non-aggressive humour in two popular articles.

20/07/2017

The emergence of modern science communication in Australia

Toss Gascoigne and Jennifer Metcalfe

Modern science communication has emerged over the last 60 years as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession.

20/07/2017

The emergence of science communication in Aotearoa New Zealand

Jean Fleming and Jeremy Star

The history of science communication in Aotearoa New Zealand starts with the stories told by the indigenous Māori people and has often been rooted in large, controversial environmental or technolog

20/07/2017

Politics of science communication in South Africa

Hester du Plessis

The research field of science communication is fairly neglected in South Africa.

20/07/2017

Mobile science museums and centres and their history in the public communication of science

Jessica Norberto Rocha and Martha Marandino

In this paper, we identify some milestones in the construction process for mobile science museums and centres in Brazil.

20/07/2017

Exceptionalism and the broadcasting of science

Allan Jones

During the course of several decades, several scientists and groups of scientists lobbied the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) about science broadcasting.

20/07/2017

Beyond propaganda: science coverage in Soviet Estonian media

Arko Olesk

Previous studies have concluded that science coverage in Soviet countries was determined by the ideological function of the media.

20/07/2017

La Ciencia Recreativa and the popularisation of science in Mexico in the 19th century

Maria Rachel Fróes da Fonseca

In the last decades of the 19th century education played a major role in Mexican society, when efforts were being made to restructure it based on the objective teaching of sciences, which was regar

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