Down To Earth: Cornell Conversations About

About Down To Earth: Cornell Conversations About

In this season we are getting into the science of science communication. Much of the content is adapted from some of my lectures on science communication.

Publisher

Danielle Eiseman

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Aug 2018

Latest episode

11 Aug 2021

Latest episodes

66 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Aug 2021

   Episode 6 Science identity

   In this episode, we discuss the aspect of science identity and how that influences a person’s engagement with science communication. References used: Baram-Tsabari, Ayelet, and Bruce V. Lewenstein. “Science Communication Training: What Are We Trying to Teach?” International Journal of Science Education, Part B 7, no. 3 (July 3, 2017): 285–300. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2017.1303756 (https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2017.1303756). Carlone, Heidi B., and Angela Johnson. “Understanding the Science Experiences of Successful Women of Color: Science Identity as an Analytic Lens.” Journal of Research in Science Teaching 44, no. 8 (2007): 1187–1218. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.20237 (https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.20237). Davies, Sarah Rachael, Megan Halpern, Maja Horst, David Kirby, and Bruce Lewenstein. “Science Stories as Culture: Experience, Identity, Narrative and Emotion in Public Communication of Science.” Journal of Science Communication 18, no. 05 (October 14, 2019). https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18050201 (https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18050201). Seraj, Mina. “We Create, We Connect, We Respect, Therefore We Are: Intellectual, Social, and Cultural Value in Online Communities.” Journal of Interactive Marketing 26, no. 4 (November 1, 2012): 209–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intmar.2012.03.002 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intmar.2012.03.002). Tan, Edna, Angela Calabrese Barton, Hosun Kang, and Tara O’Neill. “Desiring a Career in STEM-Related Fields: How Middle School Girls Articulate and Negotiate Identities-in-Practice in Science: MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS’ NARRATED AND EMBODIED IDENTITIES-IN-PRACTICE.” Journal of Research in Science Teaching 50, no. 10 (December 2013): 1143–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21123 (https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21123). Music provided by CommercialMusic (https://audiojungle.net/user/commercialmusic) in Funk Groove (https://audiojungle.net/category/music/funk-groove)

2. 

   2 Aug 2021

   Public understanding of science

   Key references for this episode are: Brossard, Dominique, and Bruce Lewenstein. “A Critical Appraisal of Models of Public Understanding of Science: Using Practice to Inform Theory.” In Communicating Science: New Agendas in Communication, 11–39, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203867631 (https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203867631). Kahan, Dan M., Asheley Landrum, Katie Carpenter, Laura Helft, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. “Science Curiosity and Political Information Processing.” Political Psychology 38 (February 1, 2017): 179–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12396 (https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12396). Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project. “How Americans Get Science News and Information,” September 20, 2017. https://www.journalism.org/2017/09/20/science-news-and-information-today/ (https://www.journalism.org/2017/09/20/science-news-and-information-today/). Music provided by CommercialMusic (https://audiojungle.net/user/commercialmusic) in Funk Groove (https://audiojungle.net/category/music/funk-groove)

3. 

   15 Jul 2021

   Communicating science effectively

   Music provided by CommercialMusic (https://audiojungle.net/user/commercialmusic) in Funk Groove (https://audiojungle.net/category/music/funk-groove) References cited: Bubela, Tania, Matthew C Nisbet, Rick Borchelt, Fern Brunger, Cristine Critchley, Edna Einsiedel, Gail Geller, et al. “Science Communication Reconsidered.” Nature Biotechnology 27, no. 6 (June 2009): 514–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0609-514 (https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0609-514). Olson, Randy. “Don’t Be Such a Poor Storyteller.” In Don’t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style, edited by Randy Olson, 89–126. Washington, DC: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-918-0_4 (https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-918-0_4). Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project. “How Americans Get Science News and Information,” September 20, 2017. https://www.journalism.org/2017/09/20/science-news-and-information-today/ (https://www.journalism.org/2017/09/20/science-news-and-information-today/). ROWAN, KATHERINE E. “A Contemporary Theory of Explanatory Writing.” Written Communication 5, no. 1 (January 1, 1988): 23–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088388005001002 (https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088388005001002).

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