Israel: Developed Science, developing Science Communication

Baram‐Tsabari, Ayelet; Orr, Daniela; Baer, Avital; Garty, Erez S.; Golumbic, Yaela; Halevy, Maya; Krein, Eitan; Levi, Adi; Leviatan, Noam; Lipman, Neta; Mir, R.; Nevo, Ettay

doi:10.22459/cs.2020.19

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“…Little, Big Science (LBS) is a non-profit organization for science outreach that operates the largest independent popular science Facebook page in Hebrew ( Baram-Tsabari et al, 2020 ) and had nearly 140,000 followers as of September 2020 ( https://www.facebook.com/MadaGB/ ). LBS publishes posts in the form of either short (300–500 words) or long (600–800 words) articles on various STEM subjects.…”

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“…Data on social media in Israel demonstrate that Facebook is the main social media network, in terms of the average amount of time users spend and the percentage of users in the entire population ( Statcounter Global Stats, 2020 ). Alongside other new media, it has been a major force in science communication in Israel over the last decade ( Baram-Tsabari et al, 2020 ). These data make Israel a valid arena for research on public engagement with science on Facebook.…”

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Engagement patterns with female and male scientists on Facebook

2022

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Social networks are becoming powerful agents mediating between science and the public. Considering the public tendency to associate science with men makes investigating representations of female scientists in social media important. Here we set out to find whether the commenting patterns to text-based science communication are similar. To examine these, we collected and analyzed posts (165) and their comments (10,006) published between 2016 and 2018 on an Israeli popular science Facebook page. We examined post characteristics as well as the relevance and sentiment of comments. Several gendered differences in commenting patterns emerged. Posts published by female scientists received more irrelevant and fewer relevant comments. Female scientists received more hostile and positive comments. These findings are consistent with results of previous research, but also demonstrate a more nuanced understanding that when female scientists write using scientific jargon (usually an unwanted feature of popular science writing), they received less hostile comments and were given less advice.

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“…Four leading Israeli SNWs were included in this study. To preserve the anonymity of the interviewees, the sites are denoted by the letters A to D. The four websites met three pre-determined inclusion criteria: (1) coverage of various science topics, (2) a publishing frequency of at least four times a week, and (3) cultural prominence confirmed by a mention in a chapter on Israeli science communication [Baram-Tsabari et al, 2020]. The websites exhibit a similar essence to peripheral journalism entities, as Ginosar et al [2022] pointed out.…”

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Science communication objectives and actual practices of science news websites as a showcase for gaps between theory and practice

Zimmerman,

Baram-Tsabari,

Tal

2024

Journal of Science Communication

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This study contributes to the growing body of science communication research showing gaps between theory and practice objectives, focusing on one particular understudied and emerging science communication innovation.The objectives and practices of four Israeli science news websites were analyzed considering three science communication models: “Dissemination”, “Dialogue”, and “Participation.” Using concurrent parallel mixed methods, we examined the perspectives of website administrators (n=8) and readers (n=20) through interviews, a content analysis of news items (n=298), discussion threads (n=507), and reader questionnaires (n=89). Findings indicate limited adoption of two-way communication about how science is applied in society. The scant implementation of the dialogue model suggests its promises are not concretized in practice on these science news websites.

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Israel: Developed Science, developing Science Communication

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Engagement patterns with female and male scientists on Facebook

Engagement patterns with female and male scientists on Facebook

Science communication objectives and actual practices of science news websites as a showcase for gaps between theory and practice

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