Tag: science communication

LSC’s Dietram Scheufele co-edits handbook on the science of science communication

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Friday June 16th, the Oxford University Press released The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication. The book, co-edited by LSC professor Dietram Scheufele, Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dan Kahan of Yale Law School, provides a comprehensive overview of the current issues and challenges facing science communication. Dietram holds a copy of …

New LSC course examines the role of narrative in science communication

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The use of narrative in science has become a particularly active area of research in recent years. Narrative can be a powerful tool for any form of communication and science is no exception.  But it is not as easy as it may seem.  When using storytelling in science, there are many questions to address. What does …

From public outreach to peer review, UW–Madison scientists find value in social media

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By Kelly April Tyrrell, UW–Madison University Communications Social media has erased many of the boundaries between leaders and the people they represent, between experts and the lay public, between scientists and nonscientists. It has enabled people to communicate directly and interact in unprecedented ways. At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a survey of 372 scientists engaged …

LSC professor Dietram Scheufele helps outline the future of science communication research in NASEM report

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The Department of Life Sciences Communication has long been a strong contributor to the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. That relationship continued when LSC professor Dietram Scheufele was asked by the National Research Council to serve as the vice chair for NASEM’s ‘Science of Science Communication’ committee.  The committee’s report titled, “Communicating Science Effectively: A Research …

Two faculty serve on new NAS committees on science communication and literacy

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The Department of Life Sciences Communication is continuing its strong involvement in the National Academy of Sciences as chair Dominique Brossard and professor Dietram Scheufele have each been asked by the National Research Council to serve on new committees. Brossard is on a committee exploring “Science Literacy and Public Perception of Science,” while Scheufele is …

LSC helps host Communicating Science workshop

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The Department of Life Sciences Communication partnered with the Arts Institute and other entities across campus to put on a one-day Communicating Science training for UW–Madison scientists on Monday, March 30. LSC professor Dietram Scheufele gave the opening plenary talk titled “The Science of Science Communication: Why Knowing Your Audience Matters.” Ron Seely, LSC senior lecturer …

Dominique Brossard discusses science communication on the Big Ten Network’s “Office Hours”

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LSC Associate Professor Dominique Brossard appeared on the Big Ten Network’s “Office Hours” to talk about the importance of communicating science beyond the laboratory to broader publics. Brossard discusses the wide-ranging implications of science for society, her work on the her research on the societal implications of new scientific discoveries with the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC). She …