Science Communication Resources for Scientists

Communicating with the Media

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  • Dean, Cornelia.  Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009.
  • Hayes, Richard and Grossman, Daniel.  Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 2006.
  • Zielinska, E.  The Scientist 24: 40 (1 Sept. 2010).

Social Media for Scientists

  • Bik, H.M. and Goldstein, M.C. (2013) . PLOS Biology 4: e1001535
  • Darling, E.S., Shiffman, D., Cote, I.M., and Drew, J.A. (2013) . Ideas in Ecol. Evol. 6: 32-43, doi: 10.4033/iee.2013.6.6.f

Creating a Compelling Talk

  • Olsen, Randy.  Washington, DC: Island Press, 2009.
  • Schatz, G. (2003)  FEBS Letters 534: 5-6.

Science Communication for Scientists: Training and Resources

  • - Created by the AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology and the National Science Foundation, this website91יs resources include webinars, how-to tips for media interviews, strategies for identifying public outreach opportunities, and more.
  • Annual workshop at MBL: 91לWriting About Science for the Public91ם
  • : Annual communicating science workshop for graduate students (Harvard University)
  •  (organized by MIT-WHOI graduate students)

Science Literacy;  Public Perceptions of Science

The Science of Science Communication:

References from Liz Neeley, Executive Director, The Story Collider

  • Appel, Markus, and Tobias Richter. 91לTransportation and Need for Affect in Narrative Persuasion: A Mediated Moderation Model.91ם Media Psychology 13, no. 2 (May 28, 2010): 10191ד35. .
  • Berger, Jonah A., and Katherine L. Milkman. 91לSocial Transmission, Emotion, and the Virality of Online Content.91ם SSRN ELibrary, December 25, 2009. .
  • Dahlstrom, M. F. 91לThe Role of Causality in Information Acceptance in Narratives: An Example From Science Communication.91ם Communication Research 37, no. 6 (December 1, 2010): 85791ד75. .
  • 91לUsing Narratives and Storytelling to Communicate Science with Nonexpert Audiences.91ם Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, no. Supplement_4 (September 16, 2014): 1361491ד20. .
  • Dahlstrom, Michael F. 91לThe Moderating Influence of Narrative Causality as an Untapped Pool of Variance for Narrative Persuasion.91ם Communication Research 42, no. 6 (2015): 77991ד795.
  • 91לThe Persuasive Influence of Narrative Causality: Psychological Mechanism, Strength in Overcoming Resistance, and Persistence Over Time.91ם Media Psychology 15, no. 3 (July 2012): 30391ד26. .
  • Dahlstrom, Michael F., and Shirley S. Ho. 91לEthical Considerations of Using Narrative to Communicate Science.91ם Science Communication, 2012, 1075547012454597.
  • Fiske, S. T., and C. Dupree. 91לGaining Trust as Well as Respect in Communicating to Motivated Audiences about Science Topics.91ם Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, no. Supplement_4 (September 16, 2014): 1359391ד97. .
  • Fiske, Susan T, Amy J C Cuddy, and Peter Glick. 91לUniversal Dimensions of Social Cognition: Warmth and Competence.91ם Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11, no. 2 (February 2007): 7791ד83. .
  • Hasson, Uri, Asif A. Ghazanfar, Bruno Galantucci, Simon Garrod, and Christian Keysers. 91לBrain-to-Brain Coupling: A Mechanism for Creating and Sharing a Social World.91ם Trends in Cognitive Sciences 16, no. 2 (February 2012): 11491ד21. .
  • Hay, David B., Darren Williams, Daniel Stahl, and Richard J. Wingate. 91לUsing Drawings of the Brain Cell to Exhibit Expertise in Neuroscience: Exploring the Boundaries of Experimental Culture: IMAGES OF NEUROSCIENCE EXPERTISE.91ם Science Education 97, no. 3 (May 2013): 46891ד91. .
  • Heider, Fritz, and Marianne Simmel. 91לAn Experimental Study of Apparent Behavior.91ם The American Journal of Psychology 57, no. 2 (April 1944): 243. .
  • Hillier, Ann, Ryan P. Kelly, and Terrie Klinger. 91לNarrative Style Influences Citation Frequency in Climate Change Science.91ם Edited by Gary S. Bilotta. PLOS ONE 11, no. 12 (December 15, 2016): e0167983. .
  • Jee, Benjamin D., Dedre Gentner, David H. Uttal, Bradley Sageman, Kenneth Forbus, Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol J. Ormand, Thomas F. Shipley, and Basil Tikoff. 91לDrawing on Experience: How Domain Knowledge Is Reflected in Sketches of Scientific Structures and Processes.91ם Research in Science Education 44, no. 6 (December 2014): 85991ד83. .
  • Kawakami, Naoaki, and Fujio Yoshida. 91לPerceiving a Story Outside of Conscious Awareness: When We Infer Narrative Attributes from Subliminal Sequential Stimuli.91ם Consciousness and Cognition 33 (May 2015): 5391ד66. .
  • Kinnebrock, Susanne, and Helena Bilandzic. 91לHow to Make a Story Work: Introducing the Concept of Narrativity into Narrative Persuasion.91ם In American Psychologist. Dresden, 2006. .
  • Moyer-Gusé, Emily, and Katherine Dale. 91לNarrative Persuasion Theories.91ם In The International Encyclopedia of Media Effects, edited by Patrick Rössler, Cynthia A. Hoffner, and Liesbet van Zoonen, 191ד11. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017. .
  • Nomura, Ryota, Kojun Hino, Makoto Shimazu, Yingzong Liang, and Takeshi Okada. 91לEmotionally Excited Eyeblink-Rate Variability Predicts an Experience of Transportation into the Narrative World.91ם Frontiers in Psychology 06 (April 20, 2015). .
  • Nomura, Ryota, Yingzong Liang, and Takeshi Okada. 91לInteractions among Collective Spectators Facilitate Eyeblink Synchronization.91ם Edited by Jun Ma. PLOS ONE 10, no. 10 (October 19, 2015): e0140774. .
  • Reagan, Andrew J., Lewis Mitchell, Dilan Kiley, Christopher M. Danforth, and Peter Sheridan Dodds. 91לThe Emotional Arcs of Stories Are Dominated by Six Basic Shapes.91ם ArXiv Preprint ArXiv:1606.07772, 2016. .
  • Schinske, J. N., H. Perkins, A. Snyder, and M. Wyer. 91לScientist Spotlight Homework Assignments Shift Students Stereotypes of Scientists and Enhance Science Identity in a Diverse Introductory Science Class.91ם Cell Biology Education 15, no. 3 (September 1, 2016): ar4791דar47. .
  • Stephens, G. J., L. J. Silbert, and U. Hasson. 91לSpeaker-Listener Neural Coupling Underlies Successful Communication.91ם Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107, no. 32 (August 10, 2010): 1442591ד30. .