LSC graduate student and faculty researchers will give more than a dozen research presentations at conferences over the course of the summer in the U.S. and abroad. Topics range from cross-cultural analysis of climate change …
Research
LSC researchers on the promise of the internet for informing public about science
LSC doctoral candidate Michael Cacciatore and John E. Ross Professor Dietram A. Scheufele investigate public gaps in nanotechnology knowledge in their forthcoming article in Public Understanding of Science. Their findings show that while nanotechnology knowledge gaps are forming between the …
Doctoral student Leona Yi-Fan Su leads paper presented at PCST conference in Florence
LSC doctoral student Leona Yi-Fan Su recently presented a study at the annual convention of the International Network on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) in Florence, Italy. The study, “Audience tectonics: Implications of changing news …
LSC researchers explore differences in traditional and online nanotechnology media coverage
A team of LSC researchers recently published an article in New Media & Society that explores media coverage of nanotechnology. Their study, “Coverage of emerging technologies: A comparison between print and online media,” examines differences in volume …
Doctoral student Jill Hopke has video essay featured in this year’s digital salon
LSC doctoral student Jill Hopke has work included in the the third annual UW-Madison Digital Salon, running until April 20th in College Library’s Open Book Café. You can view the exhibit online here. Her video essay, “Pacific Rim …
LSC researchers on the pitfalls of using public meetings to set science policy
LSC faculty alumnus Andrew R. Binder (Ph.D., ’10), now assistant professor at North Carolina State University, along with Professors Dietram Scheufele and Dominique Brossard, authored a recent opinion piece in The Scientist on the use of public meetings to gauge public opinion …
Doctoral student Dan Banda awarded Fulbright to teach in Romania
LSC doctoral student Dan Banda has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist 2012 summer appointment to the University of the West, Timisoara, Romania. He will be working with the undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in the departments of …
LSC researchers discuss factors that improve hunter recruitment and retention
LSC doctoral candidate Beth Ryan and Assistant Professor Bret Shaw have published a review article in a recent issue of Human Dimensions of Wildlife on ways to improve hunter recruitment and retention. In the article, “Improving Hunter Recruitment and …
Researchers explore the role of Google searches in nanotechnology opinion formation
Doctoral student Xuan Liang, with coauthors doctoral candidate Ashley Anderson, Professor Dietram Scheufele, Associate Professor Dominique Brossard in Life Sciences Communication and Associate Professor Michael Xenos in Communication Arts, has published new research on the …
Dietram Scheufele organizes NAS colloquium on “The Science of Science Communication”
LSC faculty member Dietram A. Scheufele, John E. Ross Chaired Professor in Science Communication and co-PI of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University, serves as a lead organizer for an upcoming National …