Mentally Minded: A novel platform for community-driven science communication
Mentally Minded is a novel evidence-based website answering *your* mental health questions.
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Kirsten Giesbrecht
- Nov 18, 2022
- 10 min
SciCommCon 2022 Coverage Part II
Here is part two of highlights from SciCommCon 2022. Speakers reach communities through The Rock test, empathy & Blackfoot translations
Tony Van Witsen
- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
Public engagement with science: The gap between ideals and reality
Public engagement with science is all the rage these days. Some investigators are starting to inquire whether the reality matches the hype.
Niveen AbiGhannam
- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
Developing a strategic mindset towards public engagement with science: goals, objectives, & BFFs
Communication and effective communication are different things. In this SciCommBites interview, we explore what effective scicomm entails.
Kirsten Giesbrecht
- Sep 16, 2022
- 4 min
Let's Talk About Forever... Chemicals on Reddit and Twitter
What are PFAS? How do Twitter and Reddit users view PFAS? How can science communicators fill PFAS knowledge gaps exposed on social media?
Carolyn Pralle
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Finding the pearls: a practical approach for effective science storytelling
How is a scientist like an oyster? A new science storytelling framework offers practical resources for honing gritty ideas into pearls.
Kay McCallum
- Aug 25, 2022
- 4 min
Good Faith, Bad Tweet: A Case Study in Science Communication on Twitter
Twitter drama can be fun to watch or just plain exhausting (or sometimes even both) – but can it teach us anything about sci-comm?
Iris Du
- Aug 19, 2022
- 4 min
r/science Let’s Talk Science Communication (AMA)
Title: An emerging form of public engagement with science: Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions on Reddit r/science Author(s) and Year: Noriko...
Kirsten Giesbrecht
- Aug 12, 2022
- 4 min
Data Sonification: Give Data a Voice
Grab headphones for this one! Listen to the data instead of staring at a graph. That's data sonification making scicomm more inclusive!
Niveen AbiGhannam
- Aug 3, 2022
- 4 min
Engagement Culture in Academia: A Budding “Trickle-Up” Effect
Focus groups at a land grant university show that faculty face institutional barriers to engagement. Junior faculty challenge the status quo
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