What makes science stories work? New study finds that vivid imagery & emotions don't guarantee success. Instead, the secret is "transportation" – how deeply the audience gets lost in the story. Image created by the authors with AI (Google Gemini). #storytelling #scicomm - doi.org/10.22323/153...
Great new article asking hard questions about climate change in the news - Photo: Kelly Sikkema/ Unsplash.
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Italian science communicators are grappling with big questions: the limits of the deficit model, risk communication in a warming world, activism vs. neutrality, and decolonising #scicomm. A review from CNCS 2025 in JCOM by Alessandra Fornetti, Ilda Mannino & Folco Soffietti - doi.org/10.22323/385...
AMR is not only a biomedical crisis; it is also a communication, equity and social change challenge.
JCOM invites abstracts for a Special Issue on reimagining AMR communication and engagement. Abstract deadline: 30 June 2026
Details: jcom.sissa.it/news/46/
Research by Alice Fleerackers, Paige Jarreau & Julia Krolik featured in Scicomm Bites:
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How can researchers use digital storytelling for impactful #scicomm? This paper explores #HorizonEurope findings on the skills, challenges, and ethics of sharing authentic science narratives. Read more for effective #ResearchImpact! doi.org/10.22323/148... (Image: from a YouTube video by author)
Different perspectives on #brain information: the public prioritises societal implementation concerns, while neuroscientists focus on research itself. doi.org/10.22323/147...
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Flooded cities, huge hailstones, and cows being swept away. Reflecting on #scicomm in #cinema, these authors ask how cinema can help us think differently about science, and how popular culture shapes ideas about science and climate - doi.org/10.22323/166... - by Hildrun Walter & co-authors
The KHARINA case shows how Indonesia’s research archives preserve innovation, support diplomacy & reveal the need for inclusive storytelling. Image: KHARINA archival exhibition. Credit: National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia. doi.org/10.22323/354...
Two experiments show AI chatbots are seen as less trustworthy than human scientists in health communication. Disclaimers had no effect. Users' prior attitudes were the main driver of source trustworthiness and information credibility. @hendriks.bsky.social @ymeier.bsky.social doi.org/10.22323/170...
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This study investigates how specific narrative elements, termed narrative depth, influence perceived story quality, transportation, and topic interest in science communication. Using structural equati...
The 2025 edition of the Convegno Nazionale di Comunicazione della Scienza (Italian National Conference on Science Communication) gathered Italy’s growing science-communication community in a four-day ...
A a thematic analysis of science artist perspectives.
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Theme: Reimagining AMR Communication and Engagement: Strategies, Stories, and Social Change
Editor-in-Charge: Marina Joubert; Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Guest editors:
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Audiovisual communication methods such as digital storytelling can reach wide audiences to realise greater societal research impact. Increasingly, researchers embrace (or are expected to embrace) thes...
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AI-based chatbots offer new opportunities for communicating science-based information, but often fall short of established standards. We conducted two pre-registered experiments examining user percept...
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Recent technological advancements have expanded our capacity to observe, decode, and modulate human brain activity. As these brain information (BI) technologies evolve, it becomes increasingly importa...
I am very proud that the final part of my Ph.D. dissertation, the article ‘Boring but important’: the paradox in news coverage of climate change, has now been published in @jscicom.bsky.social. 1/7
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This article presents a practice insight into the role of archival exhibitions as instruments of science communication, focusing on the KHARINA Exhibition (Khazanah Arsip Riset dan Inovasi Nasional) o...
