{"id":459,"date":"2014-10-01T09:20:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T09:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/advancingecocomm.wordpress.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2014-10-01T09:20:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T09:20:42","slug":"more-scicomm-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/2014\/10\/01\/more-scicomm-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"6 More SciComm Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>If you cruised through our <a title=\"SciComm Tips &amp; Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/advancingecocomm.wordpress.com\/resources\/\">SciComm resources<\/a> and <a title=\"Multimedia SciComm Resource Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/advancingecocomm.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/09\/multimedia-scicomm-resource-guide\/\">Multimedia SciComm\u00a0Guide<\/a> thinking, \u201cRead that. Yep, read that. Read that, too\u2026\u201d here are a few more SciComm resources you can explore. Some are fairly recent, and some are \u2018oldies but goodies.\u2019<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>1. Kirk Englehardt compiles weekly \u201cBest of SciComm\u201d lists\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The week's top <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/scicomm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#scicomm<\/a> stories (8.29) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/mbnCdALODq\">http:\/\/t.co\/mbnCdALODq<\/a> feat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/commnatural?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CommNatural<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dirch3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dirch3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhySharksMatter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhySharksMatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnowHydro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SnowHydro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBrainard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cbrainard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kirk Englehardt \ud83d\udcf8 \u25ce (@kirkenglehardt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirkenglehardt\/status\/505821026228654080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>which are distributed via his various social media channels. In addition to this week\u2019s collection, in June 2014 he did a two-part series on the top 100 SciComm stories, with particular emphasis on how to do good SciComm. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/post\/article\/20140628103238-3091133-best-of-the-week-s-top-science-communication-stories-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">part 1<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/post\/article\/20140705105708-3091133-best-of-the-week-s-top-science-communication-stories-part-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">part 2<\/a>, or see this week\u2019s round-up by clicking on the tweet above.\u00a0<em>NB:\u00a0<\/em><em>Some links on these lists might be redundant with those in our <a title=\"SciComm Tips &amp; Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/advancingecocomm.wordpress.com\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a> section.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>2. Liz Neely of COMPASS takes on the \u2018science of science communication\u2019 question,<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/compassblogs.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/scioscicomm1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-482 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Picture2\" width=\"365\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture2.jpg 798w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture2-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture2-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"http:\/\/compassblogs.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/scioscicomm1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boils down what we know<\/a> that is\u00a0digestible and usable.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"person\">3. Holly M. Bik and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"person\">Miriam C. Goldstein offer a data-rich \u2018introduction to social media for scientists\u2019 \u2026<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosbiology.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plosbiology.org\/article\/fetchObject.action?uri=info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pbio.1001535.g002&amp;representation=PNG_I\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"382\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Caption from the Bik and Goldstein paper:<\/strong> Figure 2. Flowchart showing a decision tree for scientists who are interested in communicating online. An earlier version of this flowchart appeared in a guest post by MCG in Nature\u2019s Soapbox Science blog (http:\/\/goo.gl\/AeKjJ). doi:10.1371\/journal.pbio.1001535.g002<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"person\">on PLOS One.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosbiology.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Their paper<\/a> is an \u2018oldie but a goodie\u2019 from 2013.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>4. Marie-Claire Shanahan studies writes about the complexities of SciComm and Science Education.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boundaryvision.com\/2013\/09\/25\/please-dont-blindly-follow-popscis-lead-and-get-rid-of-comment-spaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-481 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Picture1\" width=\"524\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture1.jpg 1082w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture1-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture1-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pair of timeless\u00a0posts on her blog\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boundaryvision.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Boundary Vision<\/em><\/a> do a particularly good job of exploring just how complex AND rewarding good SciComm can be:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boundaryvision.com\/2013\/06\/04\/when-it-comes-to-scientific-words-simple-is-harder-than-it-seems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When it comes to scientific words, simple is harder than it\u00a0seems<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boundaryvision.com\/2012\/10\/09\/why-is-it-so-hard-to-give-up-on-hoping-the-facts-speak-for-themselves-unlikely-lessons-from-typefaces-and-modern-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why is it so hard to give up on hoping that facts speak for\u00a0themselves?<\/a>\u00a0She also breaks down the nuances of comments sections related to science articles and shares lots of relevant\u00a0references in <a href=\"http:\/\/boundaryvision.com\/2013\/09\/25\/please-dont-blindly-follow-popscis-lead-and-get-rid-of-comment-spaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please don\u2019t blindly follow PopSci\u2019s lead and get rid of comment spaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>5. Finding the right words: A study of how and why we communicate our science with non-peers.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/ecology-and-society\/finding-the-right-words-a-study-of-how-and-why-we-communicate-our-science-with-non-peers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-483 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture11.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Picture1\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture11.jpg 939w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture11-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture11-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesley Kn<\/strong><strong>oll<\/strong> and <strong>Peter Levi<\/strong>\u00a0 are conducting a study on ecologists, and would like to hear <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/ecology-and-society\/finding-the-right-words-a-study-of-how-and-why-we-communicate-our-science-with-non-peers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how<em>\u00a0you<\/em> communicate science<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/boundaryvision.com\/2012\/10\/09\/why-is-it-so-hard-to-give-up-on-hoping-the-facts-speak-for-themselves-unlikely-lessons-from-typefaces-and-modern-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4><b>6. Ilissa Ocko developed a flow<\/b> chart<b> to help you decide what kind of design\/image will best convey your message.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/sciencecommunication\/2014\/05\/07\/crafting-your-own-visuals-for-science-communication-part-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-484 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture12.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Picture1\" width=\"349\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture12.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture12-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture12-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/09\/picture12-768x490.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/sciencecommunication\/2014\/05\/07\/crafting-your-own-visuals-for-science-communication-part-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for a more about Ocko\u2019s flow chart.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Do you have or know of great SciComm resources we should highlight? Please share\u00a0in the comments.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you cruised through our SciComm resources and Multimedia SciComm\u00a0Guide thinking, \u201cRead that. Yep, read that. Read that, too\u2026\u201d here are a few more SciComm resources you can explore. Some are fairly recent, and some are \u2018oldies but goodies.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16,17],"tags":[37,43,53,68,78,80,81,87,89,115,117,120,126,138,158],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-blog-scicomm-by-scientists","category-resources","category-scicomm-2","tag-sciart","tag-advancing-science-communication","tag-blog-post","tag-ecocomm","tag-good-science-story","tag-great-scicomm","tag-handy-links","tag-inspiration","tag-journalism-2","tag-resources-2","tag-scicomm","tag-scicomm-by-scientists","tag-science-journalism-2","tag-social-media","tag-writing-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/communication-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}