Does your lab use social media?: Sharing three years of experience in science communication
Effective science communication is essential to share knowledge and recruit the next generation of researchers. Science communication to the general public can, however, be hampered by limited resources and a lack of incentives in the academic environment. Various social media platforms have recentl...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:126943 2023-05-15T15:09:56+02:00 Does your lab use social media?: Sharing three years of experience in science communication Pavlov, AK Meyer, A Rosel, A Cohen, L King, J Itkin, P Negrel, J Gerland, S Hudson, SR Dodd, PA de Steur, L Mathisen, S Cobbing, N Granskog, MA 2018 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0195.1 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/126943 en eng Amer Meteorological Soc http://ecite.utas.edu.au/126943/1/Pavlov Meyer et al., Does your lab use social media. BAMS 2018.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0195.1 Pavlov, AK and Meyer, A and Rosel, A and Cohen, L and King, J and Itkin, P and Negrel, J and Gerland, S and Hudson, SR and Dodd, PA and de Steur, L and Mathisen, S and Cobbing, N and Granskog, MA, Does your lab use social media?: Sharing three years of experience in science communication, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, June pp. 1135-1146. ISSN 0003-0007 (2018) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/126943 Language Communication and Culture Communication and Media Studies Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2018 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0195.1 2019-12-14T07:05:00Z Effective science communication is essential to share knowledge and recruit the next generation of researchers. Science communication to the general public can, however, be hampered by limited resources and a lack of incentives in the academic environment. Various social media platforms have recently emerged, providing free and simple science communication tools to reach the public and young people especially, an audience often missed by more conventional outreach initiatives. While individual researchers and large institutions are present on social media, smaller research groups are underrepresented. As a small group of oceanographers, sea ice scientists, and atmospheric scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute, we share our experience establishing, developing, and maintaining a successful Arctic science communication initiative (@oceanseaicenpi) on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. The initiative is run entirely by a team of researchers with limited time and financial resources. It has built a broad audience of more than 7,000 followers, half of which is associated with the teams Instagram account. To our knowledge, @oceanseaicenpi is one of the most successful Earth sciences Instagram accounts managed by researchers. The initiative has boosted the alternative metric scores of our publications and helped participating researchers become better writers and communicators. We hope to inspire and help other research groups by providing some guidelines on how to develop and conduct effective science communication via social media. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Norwegian Polar Institute Sea ice eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Arctic Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 99 6 1135 1146 |
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Effective science communication is essential to share knowledge and recruit the next generation of researchers. Science communication to the general public can, however, be hampered by limited resources and a lack of incentives in the academic environment. Various social media platforms have recently emerged, providing free and simple science communication tools to reach the public and young people especially, an audience often missed by more conventional outreach initiatives. While individual researchers and large institutions are present on social media, smaller research groups are underrepresented. As a small group of oceanographers, sea ice scientists, and atmospheric scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute, we share our experience establishing, developing, and maintaining a successful Arctic science communication initiative (@oceanseaicenpi) on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. The initiative is run entirely by a team of researchers with limited time and financial resources. It has built a broad audience of more than 7,000 followers, half of which is associated with the teams Instagram account. To our knowledge, @oceanseaicenpi is one of the most successful Earth sciences Instagram accounts managed by researchers. The initiative has boosted the alternative metric scores of our publications and helped participating researchers become better writers and communicators. We hope to inspire and help other research groups by providing some guidelines on how to develop and conduct effective science communication via social media. |
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