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Scientists on Twitter

December 1, 2019November 27, 2019

The science behind Twitter reach.

Tags audience, decision-makers, microblogging, outreach, public, scicomm, science, science communication, scientists, social media

Are You Self-Promoting or Bragging?: Balancing Your Exterior and Interior Lives

April 18, 2018

Earlier this year, American writer Dani Shapiro published a piece at LitHub about balancing social media and writing. She recounts how she sent out a … Read more

Tags bragging, community, Dani Shapiro, excited, Hannah Arendt, Miya Tokumitsu, private, public, Richard Power, science communication, self-promotion, sharing, social media, Susan Sontag, work, writing

#WordsMatter: Language in Science Communication

December 6, 2017

As I’ve been writing my recent blog posts about science communication, I’ve run across a number of terms that are key to science communication, though … Read more

Tags audience, citizen science, communication, cultural literacy, engagement, knowledge mobilisation, language, media literacy, public, scicomm, science communication, science communicator, science culture, science journalist, science literacy

Is it time to stop using the phrase "science literacy"?

October 4, 2017

Earlier this week, I shared a comment made by Canada’s new Chief Science Adviser, Dr. Mona Nemer, on Twitter: ““Survey after survey is giving us … Read more

Tags Council of Canadian Academies, definitions, Inigo Montoya, Merriam-Webster, Ontario Science Centre, public, scicomm, science communication, science culture, science literacy

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