Call for Papers for Special Issue of the Journal Environmental Communication: Climate Change Communication & The Internet, Challenges and Opportunities for Research
The journal Environmental Communication has a call for papers for a special issue, due date is November 2013 for submissions. Description below and more details available via this PDF. SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS Environmental Communication… Climate Change Communication & the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities for Research Guest editors: • Dr Nelya Koteyko, University of Leicester,...
Getting Started With Science Blogging
In a few weeks, I will be at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, teaching a workshop on science communication and public engagement. In preparation for that course, I put together a brief backgrounder for those interested in starting a blog or in contributing to their institution’s blog. One of the challenges in getting...
Call for Papers for 2014 Public Communication of Science & Technology (PCST) Conference in Salvador, Brazil
The world’s top science and environmental communication researchers, program officers and thought leaders will be gathering next year for the 2014 meetings of the Public Communication of Science & Technology International Network. Details on the call for papers are below and more information can be found at the meeting’s official web site. Call for Proposals...
Final Presentations in COM 533 and COM 589
On April 24, the last day of class, each of you will be responsible for presenting for approximately 7 minutes on your final paper topic. Your presentation should cover the following: How you came to define your topic and the search strategies you used to find relevant research. The different perspectives and findings reflected in...
COM 533 Ethical Persuasion: Discussion Paper on Stealth Marketing, Micro-Targeting, and Big Data
The following is the third short paper topic for the course COM 533: Ethical Persuasion. Drawing on principles and readings from across the course, analyze the ethical, social and legal implications of advances in stealth marketing, opinion-leader strategies, micro-targeting, and Big Data tactics. Discuss the factors and trends that have led advertisers and organizations to...
COM 589: Discussion Paper on the Food Biotech Debate
The following is the third short paper topic for the course COM 589: Sustainability Communication. Drawing on principles and readings from across the course, analyze the communication, public opinion and policy dynamics of the debate over food biotechnology. What factors account for disagreement and diverging views on the safety and environmental risks of food biotechnology?...
COM 533 Ethical Persuasion: The Ethics of Marketing and Promotion in the Health, Drug and Personalized Medicine Industries
The following is the second short paper topic for the course COM 533 Ethical Persuasion. In your paper, based on the readings and class discussion, briefly review the factors and strategies that often lead to skewed news coverage and personal decision-making about fitness, diet, pharmaceutical drugs, and personalized medicine respectively. Discuss what might be unethical...
COM 589 Sustainability Communication: Discussion Paper on Scientists and Advocacy
The following is the second short paper topic for the course COM 589: Sustainability Communication. As environmental groups and other political groups work to promote social action related to climate change, scientists are increasingly asked to play more prominent roles in public life, as communicators, policy advisors and/or as advocates. Drawing on readings and discussion...
Slides for March 28 Lecture at Boston University: Journalists As Public Intellectuals in the Climate Debate
Thursday, March 28, 2013 Visions of a Sustainable Future: Journalists as Public Intellectuals in the Climate Change Debate In this month’s COM Research Colloquium, Dr. Nisbet (Associate Professor of Communication and Co-Director of the Center for Social Media, American University, Washington, D.C.) examines the role of prominent journalists as public intellectuals in society today. In...
Harvard Shorenstein Center Paper on Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and Activist
In a paper released today by Harvard University, I analyze the career of writer-turned-activist Bill McKibben and his impact over the past 20 years on the climate change debate. Below is a description of the paper from the corresponding web page at the Kennedy School of Government’s Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy....
