This book describes current practices in science communication, from citizen science to
Twitter storms, and celebrates this diversity through case studies and examples. However …

A set of parallel surveys of scientists from multiple scientific societies finds that the most
consistent predictors of willingness to take part in engagement activities with the public are a …

Effective communication of disaster threats to decision makers and at-risk communities is a
growing challenge in a people-centred approach to disaster risk reduction. Traditional …

It is often assumed that issue advocacy will compromise the credibility of scientists. We
conducted a randomized controlled experiment to test public reactions to six different …

Both academics and science communication practitioners have long been interested in the
public's perceptions of scientists, impacts of those perceptions, and how communication …

This study looks at how United States–based academic scientists from five professional
scientific societies think about eight different communication objectives. The degree to which …

Qualitative interviews with science communication trainers (n= 24) on the role of objectives
and goals in training efforts suggest that trainers believe that scientists come to training with …

Both scientists and the public would benefit from improved communication of basic scientific
research and from integrating scientists into education outreach, but opportunities to support …

This study conducted a systematic quantitative literature review to examine the
characteristics of communication training programs for Science, Technology, Engineering …

There are parallels, intersections, and contrasts between how theory and practice in the
public relations and science communication literatures have evolved. Given the need for …