{"id":727,"date":"2019-08-22T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/?page_id=727"},"modified":"2019-09-17T12:16:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T19:16:54","slug":"science-communication-and-open-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/communication-in-the-public-interest-resources\/science-communication\/chapter-1-toc\/science-communication-and-open-science\/","title":{"rendered":"1.4. Science Communication and Open Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting open science, science communication, particularly when it occurs on social media, also boasts positive impacts. Strategic scientific social media use, according to Science Magazine, can help researchers build communities of collaborators, grow their profile, and could even increase citation counts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/careers\/2015\/10\/tweet-or-not-tweet.\">(see link: To Tweet or Not To Tweet).<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-728 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2019\/08\/without-science.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2019\/08\/without-science.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2019\/08\/without-science-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2019\/08\/without-science-768x629.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/839;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Without science you wouldn&#8217;t have Twitter&#8221; by afagen is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This TED talk by\u00a0 Erica Stone makes the case for broader science communication efforts. Put simply, publishing research in plain language and in venues where the public is, is part of the public mission of science, or rather it ought to be. View the embedded video below, or if it does not play on your device or browser, you may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erica_stone_academic_research_is_publicly_funded_why_isn_t_it_publicly_available\">access it directly on the TED website at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Erica Stone: Academic research is publicly funded -- why isn&#039;t it publicly available?\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/erica_stone_academic_research_is_publicly_funded_why_isn_t_it_publicly_available\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are many good reasons to communicate your science yourself in plain, direct and accessible language and on platforms that people use. Chief among them is that you get to control the message, and respond to others in real time. You also can use your platform to help increase the visibility of diverse scientific voices, show others why you are passionate about your work, and potentially inspire the next generation of scientists. With major media outlets currently laying off specialized journalism beats such as science journalism, there is also a gap that if scientists themselves do not step up, could be filled by misinformation, propaganda, and spin. Thus it could be more important than ever to take charge of your own narrative.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Food For Thought:<\/strong> At The Force11 Conference, held in Montreal in 2018, delegates gathered from around the world to discuss the important relationship between science communication and open science.<\/p>\n<p>The organizing committee suggested that the success of open science depends on whether the science itself is communicated in an accessible way. Science must be understandable to have impact, which is why learning effective science communication is so important for scientists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/neuro\/article\/research-stories\/future-science-communication\">(find out more at this link: The future of science communication at McGill.ca)<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h6>&gt;&gt;Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/communication-in-the-public-interest-resources\/science-communication\/chapter-2-tips-and-challenges-for-science-communication\/\">CHAPTER 2: TIPS AND CHALLENGES FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/communication-in-the-public-interest-resources\/science-communication\/chapter-1-toc\/\">&lt;&lt;BACK TO CHAPTER 1 TOPIC LIST<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>&lt;&lt;&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/jhodson\/communication-in-the-public-interest-resources\/science-communication\/\">BACK TO MAIN TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting open science, science communication, particularly when it occurs on social media, also boasts positive impacts. Strategic scientific social media use, according to Science Magazine, can help researchers build communities of collaborators, grow their profile, and could even increase citation counts (see link: To Tweet or Not To Tweet). 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