- Review of Science Journalism
- Review of Readings
- Science Journalism Activity
- Friday = Online Class
- Science communication: explaining the science
- Science popularization: making science popular, promoting science
- Science journalism: critically assessing science and its claim
- Your role: ALL THREE
Knowing Your Audience and the PLoS Blogs:
- Choose one of the blog posts at PLoS that you read for homework:
- Think about the blogger’s writing style, which is most related: Science communication: explaining the science, Science popularization: making science popular, promoting science, or Science journalism: critically assessing science and its claim
- Who do you think is the intended audience? How does the blogger convey her/his information
- In groups of 5-6, answer these questions in a comment on today’s lecture post (Lecture 5) on the class blog.
Perspective:
Activity on Perspective:
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to a single person, e.g. a patient or a victim;
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above a scene, reporting from a distance, independent and little involved;
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to an organisation that offers information, such as an NGO or a company;
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to the scientific community;
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to the audience, examining problems in their daily life
Activity on Perspective:
- Choose one article/blog post from Scientopia (http://scientopia.org/blogs/ ) & one from Not Exactly Rocket Science (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/)
- Compare the writing perspectives: what view does each blogger take? Does their view hamper the “objectivity” of the story? How or why?
- Send your responses to @JessL
Final Thought
“Some journalists are still stuck in the model: We give you journalism, that’s the way it is. In this world, where we don’t know if there’s going to be a pandemic, or where the next terrorist attack will be, or how bad global warming is going to be, if I’m not engaged in a two-way street with scientifically engaged readers, I’m not responsible.”
Friday's Online Class - By the end of class students must:
- Complete the social media survey on the Module 2 blog post
- Set up a blog using Blogger and write an introductory post about you and your field of study and what role communication plays in your work (dissemination of results, linking with fellow researchers, etc.…)
- In a comment on the Module 2 blog post, leave a link to your newly started blog (absolutely necessary so the professor and TAs can grade your work)
- Note: you require a personal blog for your E-Portfolio.
