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Throughout COVID-19, LSC leads country’s conversations about science communication
As one of the oldest academic science communication departments in the world, the Department of Life Sciences Communication (LSC) has been connecting cutting-edge social science research with real-world efforts to effectively communicate science for generations. …
LSC welcomes Dexter Patterson and his digital media expertise to LSC’s team of world class instructors
We at LSC are excited to present our newest teaching faculty, Dexter Patterson! Dexter Patterson will be working alongside our team of world class instructors to prepare LSC students to succeed in the rapidly changing …
LSC and Comm Arts professors granted NSF award to develop community-driven science communication strategies focused on Black American experiences
Research shows Black Americans in the United States were disproportionally affected by COVID-19 when compared to their Latino, Asian and white counterparts. However, the Black American experience, along with the earned mistrust held by Black …
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Can’t you all just get along? Effects of scientific disagreement and incivility on attention to and trust in science.
Chinn, S., & Hart, P. S. (2022). Science Communication. DOI: 10.1177/10755470211054446
Whose AI? How different publics think about AI and its social impacts.
Bao, L., Krause, N. M., Calice, M. N., Scheufele, D. A., Wirz, C. D., Brossard, D., Newman, T. P., & Xenos, M. A. (2022). Computers in Human Behavior. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107182
The chronic growing pains of communicating science online.
Brossard, D., & Scheufele, D. A. (2022). Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.abo0668
Public communication of soil conservation practices: A large-scale content analysis of Wisconsin’s agricultural trade publications.
Chen, K., & Shaw, B. (2022). Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. DOI: 10.2489/jswc.2022.00167
Visual representations of SARS-CoV-2, emotions, and risk perception of COVID-19.
Li, N., Molder, A. L., & Yang, S. (2022). Health Science Reports. DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.496
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