Comments on: Tools to bridge communication: Science reaching the public http://www.johnflurry.com/theblog/2009/07/15/188/ Connecting | Influencing | Communicating Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Johnflurry http://www.johnflurry.com/theblog/2009/07/15/188/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Johnflurry Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:48:52 +0000 http://flurrycreationsblog.com/theblog/?p=188#comment-43 Comments from posting of this blog on Consbio.org Blog Posted by Oakleigh Solargroupies at Aug 10, 2009 08:09 AM As a science educator, parent, energy activist and blogger, I can tell you the public (and media) is largely IN THE DARK about science. This has a lot to do with science illiteracy in the culture, which will not be easily changed in the schools alone. It is truly sobering that there is so much self-serving misinformation out there, funded by lobbies and corporations. Now that we have identified the problem, let's think of ways to make the connections for people and Do IT. <!--more-->Posted by John Bergquist at Aug 10, 2009 08:28 AM Thanks for the comment. One aspect of social media that can aid in this goal is transparency. It is easy now to check fact claims and statistics. While it does not eliminate misinformation, it does make it harder for groups to spread self-serving data without some type of accountability. Thanks for reading. John<!--more--> Posted by Haley Paul at Sep 22, 2009 08:04 AM One of the key components to sustainability science is making the knowledge generated in the academic setting problem-oriented and more than just a one way transmission of information. Education from academia to the general public (through news outlets, for example) cannot stay the model when there are such pressing global issues at stake which require involvement and participation from the entire population. By incorporating stakeholders and engaging the public in research projects, academics, industry, government, and the public alike can collectively determine mutual concerns, problems, and barriers to solving some of the world's most pertinent issues. Additionally, by incorporating traditionally left-out groups, new knowledge and different ways of knowing are generated. If academia solely remains in its ivory tower, the one way transmission of knowledge will continue, as well as a lack of engagement and concern from the public. We need more science that engages and communicates with the public in a back and forth manner, rather than the one way knowledge stream that has characterized scientific research in the past. If we can do this, we might be able to get people invested and concerned with the current state of things and affect change. Comments from posting of this blog on Consbio.org Blog
Posted by Oakleigh Solargroupies at Aug 10, 2009 08:09 AM
As a science educator, parent, energy activist and blogger, I can tell you the public (and media) is largely IN THE DARK about science. This has a lot to do with science illiteracy in the culture, which will not be easily changed in the schools alone. It is truly sobering that there is so much self-serving misinformation out there, funded by lobbies and corporations. Now that we have identified the problem, let’s think of ways to make the connections for people and Do IT.

Posted by John Bergquist at Aug 10, 2009 08:28 AM
Thanks for the comment. One aspect of social media that can aid in this goal is transparency. It is easy now to check fact claims and statistics. While it does not eliminate misinformation, it does make it harder for groups to spread self-serving data without some type of accountability.
Thanks for reading.
John

Posted by Haley Paul at Sep 22, 2009 08:04 AM
One of the key components to sustainability science is making the knowledge generated in the academic setting problem-oriented and more than just a one way transmission of information. Education from academia to the general public (through news outlets, for example) cannot stay the model when there are such pressing global issues at stake which require involvement and participation from the entire population.

By incorporating stakeholders and engaging the public in research projects, academics, industry, government, and the public alike can collectively determine mutual concerns, problems, and barriers to solving some of the world’s most pertinent issues.

Additionally, by incorporating traditionally left-out groups, new knowledge and different ways of knowing are generated. If academia solely remains in its ivory tower, the one way transmission of knowledge will continue, as well as a lack of engagement and concern from the public.

We need more science that engages and communicates with the public in a back and forth manner, rather than the one way knowledge stream that has characterized scientific research in the past. If we can do this, we might be able to get people invested and concerned with the current state of things and affect change.

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