Mike S. Schäfer
@mss7676
Prof of Science Communication @uzh_ch | Head of Dept @uzh_ikmz | Director @UZH_chess | PI @wissbarometerCH | Member @acatech_de
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https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/ikmz/en/research/divisions/science-crisis-and-risk-communication.html 06-06-2011 16:08:35
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Silke Fürst @sfuerst.bsky.social
Senior Researcher @uzh_ikmz, Visiting Lecturer @dcm_unifr, Board Member @QuaJou, interested in #Journalism #Datafication #MediaHistory #SciComm #OpenScience
Niels G. Mede
🔎 science communication researcher @uzh_ikmz and @wissbarometerCH | 🎓 PhD @uzh_ch | ⌛ formerly @oiioxford @UW_LSC @ifkms @HannoverIjk
Reto Knutti
Passionate about climate, how the world and society work. Professor for climate physics and chair @C2SM_ETH and @SPEED2ZERO at @ETH_en Zurich
Wissenschaft im Dialog
https://t.co/6nwAiIDeex https://t.co/zOUkr8hFRF https://t.co/qbyRL9IZqh
Axel Bruns
social media and journalism researcher at @qutdmrc - views are my own, but you're welcome to share them (he/his) 🐘: @[email protected] 🟦: @snurb.bsky.social
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Conference
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF A.I.
Zürich ⏺️ June 6-7, 2024 ⏺️ #AISCICOMM24
▶️Registration now open: ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm24…
▶️Program & Book of Abstracts: ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm24…
▶️Travel & Accomodation Info:
ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm24…
See you in Zurich 🙏🇨🇭!
My GPTs for people reading academic papers on Twitter:
Why is this important? chat.openai.com/g/g-jcGK9yHuC-…
Is it causal? Explains whether a paper makes a causal claim: chat.openai.com/g/g-GGnYfbTin-…
I’ll look that up for you: show it a screenshot, it finds the source: chat.openai.com/g/g-HThV0Y8e2-…
Interested in the intersection between #VisualArt and environmental communication? Check ➡️tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… for a new literature review on how audience- and art- level factors may shape art's potential in communicating #environment to diverse publics. 🖋️w/ Kyra Ricci
SciComm Conversations: “Generative AI and Science Communication: Opportunities and Challenges”
With Universität Zürich Prof of Science Communication Mike Schäfer Mike S. Schäfer
coalesceproject.eu/2024/03/19/sci…
How do communication departments at universities in Switzerland evaluate their communication❓Which factors enable & constrain such evaluation practices❓
New qualitative study together with Isabel H. Sörensen Sophia Charlotte Volk Daniel Vogler & Mike S. Schäfer
👉doi.org/10.1080/155311…
#OpenAccess
The first episode of the #SciComm Conversations , our official COALESCE podcast, is live!
Mike S. Schäfer spoke to Dr @[email protected] about the challenges and opportunities that generative #AI presents to #SciComm .
You can find a full transcript here: coalesceproject.eu/2024/03/19/sci…
🚨NEW PODCAST🚨
#GenerativeAI & #ScienceCommunication : Opportunities & Challenges
1st episode of COALESCE's new podcast ' #SciComm Conversations', hosted by Achintya Rao
Find the episode in your podcast app of choice or (incl. transcript) under coalesceproject.eu/2024/03/19/sci…
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF A.I.
Conference program now available
▶keynotes by Shirley Ho & Christoph Neuberger
▶panel discussion w/ Mirko Bischofberger, E. Laukötter, J. Pridmore & Monika Taddicken
▶10 panels, 36 talks
▶ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm24
Info about registration soon
OA in Journal of Communication: High prevalence of mental health issues among media and communication researchers. ECRs and non-permanent employees are particularly vulnerable. Publication pressure is no 1 concern.
Antonia Markiewitz Henrik Bodker
#AcademicTwitter
doi.org/10.1093/joc/jq…
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Together with Nature Human Behaviour we asked researchers and science communicators what are the pros and cons of using #GenerativeAI in science communication. Here's what they say:
nature.com/articles/s4225…
nature.com/articles/s4156…
Prof. Dr. Schäfer Mike S. Schäfer and Dr. Volk Sophia Charlotte Volk from IKMZ started the second day of our conference with an engaging keynote on 'Evaluating science communication: Claims, insights, and opportunities.' #sciencecommunication
New study with Nils Bienzeisler. Based on experiments in three controversies, we show that an attitudinal polarization of trust in science can be mitigated when scientists adopt the styles of honest brokers versus that of epistocrats when giving public policy advice, i.e.... (1/2).
How can #generativeAI be used in #sciencecommunication - & what's specific about the #physicalsciences ?
nature Reviews Physics invited 7 colleagues & me to discuss chances and challenges of #GenAI in #physics #scicomm
👉Article just out ( #openaccess ): lnkd.in/eycMDmSN
