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Reaching underserved audiences: How science communicators are making new connections using innovative techniques (2021)
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Ridgway, A., Milani, E., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. (2021). Reaching underserved audiences: How science communicators are making new connections using innovative techniques. European Commission

When science is communicated, the audiences are most typically white, affluent, with relatively high levels of formal education and a pre-existing interest in science. This research involved interviews with science communicators across Europe who hav... Read More about Reaching underserved audiences: How science communicators are making new connections using innovative techniques.

Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication (2020)
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Ridgway, A., Milani, E., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. (in press). Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication. European Commission repository and Zenodo: European Commission

The working practices of those engaged in the communication of science to non-expert audiences has important implications for the relationship between science and society. The research presented here explores these working practices and the motivatio... Read More about Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication.

Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences (2020)
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Ridgway, A., Milani, E., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. (in press). Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences. European Commission repository and Zenodo: European Commission

The audiences reached by those engaged in science communication and the nature of the connections with those audiences is of central importance to the science-society relationship. It determines who is reading, listening and watching information abou... Read More about Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences.