Communicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students

Communicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students

Communicating science effectively to the general public is a necessary skill that takes practice. Generally, undergraduate science majors are taught to communicate to other scientists but are not given formal training on how to communicate with a nonscientist. An opportunity to appear on a news segm...

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Autor principal: Julie Torruellas Garcia
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:960b8ef3f6c24ca295ffb2276211e88d2021-11-15T15:04:53ZCommunicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students10.1128/jmbe.v19i1.15161935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/960b8ef3f6c24ca295ffb2276211e88d2018-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v19i1.1516https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885Communicating science effectively to the general public is a necessary skill that takes practice. Generally, undergraduate science majors are taught to communicate to other scientists but are not given formal training on how to communicate with a nonscientist. An opportunity to appear on a news segment can be used as a real-world lesson on science communication for your students. This article will describe how to contact a producer to get your class on a news segment, ideas for types of research that may be of interest to the media, and how to practice communicating the results effectively.Julie Torruellas GarciaAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 19, Iss 1 (2018)
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LC8-6691
Biology (General)
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Biology (General)
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Communicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students
description Communicating science effectively to the general public is a necessary skill that takes practice. Generally, undergraduate science majors are taught to communicate to other scientists but are not given formal training on how to communicate with a nonscientist. An opportunity to appear on a news segment can be used as a real-world lesson on science communication for your students. This article will describe how to contact a producer to get your class on a news segment, ideas for types of research that may be of interest to the media, and how to practice communicating the results effectively.
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title_full Communicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students
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