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- Chakraborty, Anwesha, 1984, et al.
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Science and technology for the people? On the framing of innovation in policy discourses in India and in EU
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Science Communication. - : Sissa Medialab Srl. - 1824-2049. ; 18:3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2010 both India and Europe launched new strategies focused on innovation, for economic growth and for addressing societal challenges: the Decade of Innovation from the Indian Government and the Innovation Union from the European Union. This piqued our interest in investigating how these two political entities have envisioned the concept of innovation, particularly in studying and comparing how they have focused on people, both as final beneficiaries (and thus principal legitimisers) of policy actions, and as actors themselves in the innovation process. Per contra we found, in institutional documents, very different descriptions of how to adequately realise citizens' involvement, spanning from the abiding reference to people's inclusion in the Indian case to the varied discourses on public engagement in EU, down to the passive role accorded to citizens in some Expert Groups reports. The comparison between the understandings of innovation (and innovators) in the two contexts can enlarge and refine the argumentative and metaphoric repertoire of science communicators. Further, it can form the basis of a mature and shared debate on the role that knowledge production and innovation policies can and should play in the public governance of science and technology.
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- Kasperowski, Dick, 1959, et al.
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The Swedish mass experiment: a way of encouraging scientific citizenship
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Ingår i: JCOM - Journal of Science Communication. - 1824-2049. ; 15:1, s. 1-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since 2009 Vetenskap & Allmänhet (Public & Science, VA) coordinates an annual mass experiment as part of ForskarFredag — the Swedish events on the European Researchers' Night. Through the experiments, thousands of Swedish students from preschool to upper secondary school have contributed to the development of scientific knowledge on, for example, the acoustic environment in classrooms, children's and adolescents' perception of hazardous environments and the development of autumn leaves in deciduous trees. The aim is to stimulate scientific literacy and an interest in science while generating scientific output. The essay discusses how the mass experiments can contribute to encouraging scientific citizenship.
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- Lakew, Yuliya, 1985-, et al.
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Young, sceptical, and environmentally (dis)engaged : do news habits make a difference?
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Science Communication. - Trieste : Sissa Medialab srl. - 1824-2049. ; 18:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research shows that news consumption plays a positive role in youths' environmental engagement. This article examines if this also holds true for sceptics by comparing Swedish climate change sceptics with non-sceptical youngsters in their early and late adolescence. We conceptualise news consumption as foci of public connection and orientation rather than a source of environmental information. The results show that in their early teens, heavy news consumers among both sceptics and non-sceptics are indeed more engaged with environmental issues than their less news-oriented peers. However, in late adolescence, sceptics among news consumers show very little environmental engagement.
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- Olausson, Ulrika, 1964-
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Meat as a matter of fact(s) : the role of science in everyday representations of livestock production on social media
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Science Communication. - : Sissa Medialab. - 1824-2049. ; 18:6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent times we have allegedly witnessed a “post-truth” turn in society. Nonetheless, surveys show that science holds a relatively strong position among lay publics, and case studies suggest that science is part of their online discussions about environmental issues on social media — an important, yet strikingly under-researched, debate forum. Guided by social representation theory, this study aims to contribute knowledge about the role of science in everyday representations of livestock production on social media. The analysis identifies two central themata, namely lay publics' contestations of (1) facts and non-facts, and (2) factual and non-factual sources.
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- Skarlatidou, Artemis, et al.
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User experience of digital technologies in citizen science
- 2019
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Ingår i: JCOM - Journal of Science Communication. - 1824-2049. ; 18:01
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The growing interest in citizen science has resulted in a new range of digital tools that facilitate the interaction and communications between citizens and scientists. Considering the ever increasing number of applications that currently exist, it is surprising how little we know about how volunteers interact with these technologies, what they expect from them, and why these technologies succeed or fail. Aiming to address this gap, JCOM organized this special issue on the role of User Experience (UX) of digital technologies in citizen science which is the first to focus on the qualities and impacts of interface and user design within citizen science. Seven papers are included that highlight three key aspects of user-focused research and methodological approaches. In the first category, "design standards", the authors explore the applicability of existing standards, build and evaluate a set of guidelines to improve interactions with citizen science applications. In the second, "design methods", methodological approaches for getting user feedback, analysing user behaviour and exploring different interface designs modes are explored. Finally, "user experience in the physical and digital world" explores crossovers with other fields to improve our understanding of user experiences and demonstrate how design choices not only influence digital interactions but also shape interactions with the wider world.
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