Science Live -articulating the aims and ethos of science event practitioners in the USA and UK

Fogg-Rogers, Laura; Wiehe, Ben; Comerford, Dane; Fooshee, Julie; Durant, John

Abstract

Live science events engage publics with science in a social context. This article articulates the aims and ethos of this growing sector within a research context. Semi-structured interviews (N=13) and focus groups (N=77) were conducted with event practitioners (both professional and volunteers) in the U.S.A. and U.K.. Inductive thematic analysis indicated that event producers aim to raise awareness of and professionalism in the sector. In particular, they seek to develop research into long-term impacts of events for both audiences and practitioners.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 29, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Sep 9, 2019
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Sep 12, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 12, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Science Communication
• Electronic ISSN: 1824-2049
• Publisher: Sissa Medialab
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 04
• Article Number: NO1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18040801
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/2978388
• Publisher URL: https://jcom.sissa.it/archive/18/04/JCOM_1804_2019_N01
• Contract Date: Sep 12, 2019