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Is social media in a period of change? David Beer considers whether trends towards repetition and uniformity are prefiguring a new standard for the way in which social media intersects with academic life.
Nobel laureate and physicist Giorgio Parisi was attacked for presenting evidence on Covid - it made him reflect on how we can rebuild faith in science.
Austria's Martin Polaschek pushes for move to combat public scepticism.
Science misinformation have significant public policy repercussions. Artificial intelligence-based methods of altering videos and photos (deepfakes) lower the barriers to the mass creation and dissemination of realistic, manipulated digital content.
Hyberbolic adjectives have been on the rise in academic writing. A study explores how this persuasive language is deployed across different fields of research
Since its purchase by Elon Musk last year, Twitter has undergone a series of rapid changes, largely with an eye to making the platform profitable. Considering these developments and those on other platforms, Mark Carrigan, suggests that just as academic social media has become relatively mainstream the dynamics underpinning academic engagement on social media have fundamentally shifted towards a pay to play model.
Drag performers, like Pattie Gonia and Kyne, are using social media to bring science communication to a wider audience.
The simple messaging favoured by media advisers doesn't chime with a discipline that is messy and incomplete.
ChatGPT might not yet give us sparkling prose. But it can free scientists up to focus on more-stimulating writing tasks.
The microblogging platform has transformed research communication, but its future is in doubt.
From COVID to space exploration, graphics helped tell some the year’s most important stories
Five pointers to help researchers get policymakers interested in their work, based on a guide co-created by government and academics from the University of Leeds
People with the greatest opposition to the scientific consensus tend to have the lowest levels of objective science knowledge but the highest levels of self-rated knowledge.
Researchers gauged responses to climate science versus scepticism and suggest facts bear repeating
How can publishers ensure that our content and services are found and used by the growing number of Millennials and Generation Z researchers in academia?
In an interview with CSIS Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette and Brookings Senior Fellow Ryan Hass, Yangyang Cheng discusses the role of science in U.S.-China relations and the need to examine who benefits and who experiences harm from advances in scientific inquiry.
Politicians are novices by design, so tailoring your communications with them gives you the best chance of cutting through.
Whether it's about COVID or badger culls, the science can be unclear. But the public must hear about it from the researchers, not from government press officers.
Alexander Semenov is a marine biologist and head of the scientific diving team at the White Sea Biological Station of Moscow State University.
COVID-19 researchers have embraced the platform. For many others, tweeting has yet to translate into professional rewards.
Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field's use of potentially offensive language.
Engaging citizens in research will be a big priority for the new Horizon Europe funding programme. Horizon Europe includes a €2 million research call for recommendations to strengthen societal trust in science, research and innovation, while the programme is also seeking to encourage more public participation in scientific research.
No matter the setting, communicating science requires understanding both audience and goal. Here's a framework for creating your science communication strategy.
This author offers lessons learned from year of running an online conference in 2021, designing a hybrid conference for 2022, and observing what event providers have offered and delegates have experienced.
As he was re-confirmed on February 9 as head of France's biggest research organisation, Antoine Petit floated a few attention-getting ideas in parliament - such as the possibility of starting a television channel for science.
A new Canada Foundation for Innovation survey finds that while young people generally trust science, action is still needed to improve literacy.
State your main finding in your title, and don't forget to use the word 'but', says Bruce Kirchoff.
