Emma Weitkamp's Outputs (72)

How the coronavirus infected editorial cartoons: A comparative study of covid-19 cartoons in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom (2023)
Book Chapter

Based on earlier findings that editorial cartoons contribute significantly to the public discourse during a health crisis, we compared cartoons with Covid-19 content across three countries (Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom), published i... Read More about How the coronavirus infected editorial cartoons: A comparative study of covid-19 cartoons in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Exploring ‘quality’ in science communication online: Expert thoughts on how to assess and promote science communication quality in digital media contexts (2023)
Journal Article

In recent years, the public visibility of science has greatly increased. In the digital media landscape, a wide range of players is now engaged in science communication via various online channels. While these developments offer opportunities, they a... Read More about Exploring ‘quality’ in science communication online: Expert thoughts on how to assess and promote science communication quality in digital media contexts.

Motivations and deterrents in contemporary science communication: A questionnaire survey of actors in seven European countries (2022)
Journal Article

As the ecosystem of actors communicating science has become more complex, there is a need to understand the motivations and deterrents of those involved in the communication of science, technology and health topics. This article reports on a survey o... Read More about Motivations and deterrents in contemporary science communication: A questionnaire survey of actors in seven European countries.

Roles, incentives, training and audiences for science communication: Perspectives from female science communicators (2022)
Journal Article

Both research and anecdote in science communication suggests that it is a field where women feel ‘at home’, with high numbers of women science communicators and students on training programmes, but why might this be the case? Using data gathered from... Read More about Roles, incentives, training and audiences for science communication: Perspectives from female science communicators.

RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication (2021)
Journal Article

Science communication is at a pivotal stage in its development due to the emergence of digital communication platforms that are not only presenting new opportunities but are also leading to new challenges. In this context, science communicators, who... Read More about RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication.

Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5 (2021)
Digital Artefact

The aim of this podcast is to explore the notion of research-informed teaching in higher education, both from a practical and theoretical point of view. The episodes bring together a range of academics and graduates to discuss what research-informed... Read More about Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5.

Exploring the digital media ecology: Insights from a study of healthy diets and climate change communication on digital and social media (2021)
Journal Article

This study explores the types of actors visible in the digital science communication landscape in the Netherlands, Serbia and the UK. Using the Koru model of science communication as a basis, we consider how science communicators craft their messages... Read More about Exploring the digital media ecology: Insights from a study of healthy diets and climate change communication on digital and social media.

Reaching underserved audiences: How science communicators are making new connections using innovative techniques (2021)
Report

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.

Science communication and public relations: Beyond borders (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter applies an overall communication constitute organizations (CCO) perspective to explore the relationships between science communication and public relations. In the context of increasing institutional interest in public relations and scie... Read More about Science communication and public relations: Beyond borders.

Communicating the hidden: Toward a framework for drought risk communication in maritime climates (2020)
Journal Article

This paper explores stakeholder perspectives on the drought discourse in the UK, where climate change is predicted to increase drought risk. This study took a co-productive, mixed-methods approach to investigate drought risk communication issues thro... Read More about Communicating the hidden: Toward a framework for drought risk communication in maritime climates.

Water scarcity communication in the UK: Learning from water company communications following the 2018 heatwave (2020)
Journal Article

When communicating about water scarcity, public water companies in the UK operate within a fine balance. There is a legal obligation on water companies in the UK to promote efficient water use, and pressure on water resources means that water compani... Read More about Water scarcity communication in the UK: Learning from water company communications following the 2018 heatwave.

The visual vaccine debate on Twitter: A social network analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Pro- and anti-vaccination users use social media outlets, such as Twitter, to join conversations about vaccines, disseminate information or misinformation about immunization, and advocate in favour or against vaccinations. These users not only share... Read More about The visual vaccine debate on Twitter: A social network analysis.

Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences (2020)
Report

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.

Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication (2020)
Report

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.

Visualizing the invisible: Performing chaos theory (2020)
Journal Article

Edward Lorenz, a pioneering figure in the field of chaos theory, coined the phrase “butterfly effect” and posed the well-known question “Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?” In posing the question, Lorenz sought... Read More about Visualizing the invisible: Performing chaos theory.

Scoping Report on the Science Communication Ecosystem (2020)
Report

The rise of science comedy: Comparing shows at science and arts festivals (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Live science comedy shows have exploded in the past decade in the UK. These shows can range from stand-up comedy to musical theatre to panel shows and variety shows. However, there is very little empirical work exploring the rise in live science come... Read More about The rise of science comedy: Comparing shows at science and arts festivals.

Narrative, drama and science communication (2019)
Book Chapter

This chapter considers the role that narrative, as a means of storytelling, could have in science communication, a practice which is often seen as translating information from the specialist language of science into words and concepts that can be und... Read More about Narrative, drama and science communication.

Alter egos: An exploration of the perspectives and identities of science comic creators (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Author(s). While academic interest in science comics has been growing in recent years, the creators of these materials remain understudied. This research aimed to explore the experiences and views of science comic creators through the lens... Read More about Alter egos: An exploration of the perspectives and identities of science comic creators.

Synthetic biology: Below the radar [Book review] (2017)
Journal Article

Englehard et al provide a wide-ranging look at synthetic biology, from discussion of how one might classify different synthetic approaches to consideration of risk and ethical issues. The chapter on public engagement considers why synthetic biology s... Read More about Synthetic biology: Below the radar [Book review].