scholarly journals Framing engagement: expert-youth interaction in a PES event

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. A03 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sampsa Saikkonen ◽  
Esa Valiverronen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Young People ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Panel Discussion ◽  
Online Chat ◽  
Lay People ◽  
Public Engagement With Science ◽  
Event Based

Previous studies on public engagement with science have identified various difficulties in the encounters between experts and lay people. However, there is a scarcity of research investigating expert-youth interaction. In this paper we focus on the interactive framings of an informal PES event. Based on a case study involving a climate change panel discussion and a simultaneous online chat, both aimed at young people, we discuss the multiplicity of framing. Further, we look for “misbehaviours” which challenge the rationality and norms of the event. Our findings indicate that the frame of deliberative participation is very fragile.

scholarly journals Real Vegan Cheese and the Artistic Critique of Biotechnology

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Wilbanks
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Profit Motive ◽  
Capitalist Production ◽  
Public Engagement With Science ◽  
Design Fiction ◽  
Biotechnology Products ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Aesthetic Values ◽  
Mode Of Production

Drawing on the case study of Real Vegan Cheese (RVC), a synthetic biology project housed in a community lab or “biohackerspace,” I argue that biohacking performs an “artistic critique” of the bioeconomy. Following Boltanski and Chiapello’s use of the term, the “artistic critique” pits values of autonomy and creativity against a view of capitalist production as standardized and alienating, represented (in the case of biotechnology) by Monsanto’s monoculture GMOs. In this way, biohacking is depicted as liberating biotechnology from the constraints of corporate and academic institutions. Through the use of design fiction and a playful aesthetic, projects such as RVC demonstrate a more legitimate––with respect to the values of the artistic critique––mode of production for a new generation of biotechnology products, one that is portrayed as driven primarily by ethical and aesthetic values rather than the profit motive. This analysis highlights the role that aesthetic and affective strategies play in advancing particular sociotechnical visions, and the way that biohacking projects operate in symbiosis with incumbent institutions even as they define themselves in opposition to them. Finally, it suggests that biohacking has certain limitations when considered as a form of public engagement with science.

Old Media, New Media, and Public Engagement with Science and Technology

2017 ◽  
pp. 57-72
Author(s):  
Yulia A. Strekalova ◽  
Janice L. Krieger ◽  
Rachel E. Damiani ◽  
Sriram Kalyanaraman ◽  
Daisy Zhe Wang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Media Audiences ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Public Engagement With Science ◽  
Understanding Of Science ◽  
The Individual

Mass media are, collectively, an effective mechanism for the engagement of the general public in a debate and exchange of information related to science and technology innovations. Whether the aim is to affect change at the individual, population, or policy-making level, public understanding of science and interaction between experts and lay audiences are paramount. This chapter describes a case study of a cybersecurity forum that provided an opportunity for information technology experts to share their knowledge with studio and social media audiences. Reviewing conceptual and practical implications of the case study, the chapter discusses how public engagement efforts could capitalize on the strength of both traditional and online media and introduce interactive programs that cross these two media spaces.

The effects of social identity threat and social identity affirmation on laypersons’ perception of scientists

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 754-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Nauroth ◽  
Mario Gollwitzer ◽  
Henrik Kozuchowski ◽  
Jens Bender ◽  
Tobias Rothmund
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Identity Threat ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Identity Threat ◽  
Public Engagement With Science ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Social Identity Approach

Public debates about socio-scientific issues (e.g. climate change or violent video games) are often accompanied by attacks on the reputation of the involved scientists. Drawing on the social identity approach, we report a minimal group experiment investigating the conditions under which scientists are perceived as non-prototypical, non-reputable, and incompetent. Results show that in-group affirming and threatening scientific findings (compared to a control condition) both alter laypersons’ evaluations of the study: in-group affirming findings lead to more positive and in-group threatening findings to more negative evaluations. However, only in-group threatening findings alter laypersons’ perceptions of the scientists who published the study: scientists were perceived as less prototypical, less reputable, and less competent when their research results imply a threat to participants’ social identity compared to a non-threat condition. Our findings add to the literature on science reception research and have implications for understanding the public engagement with science.

Old Media, New Media, and Public Engagement With Science and Technology

2018 ◽  
pp. 453-469
Author(s):  
Yulia A. Strekalova ◽  
Janice L. Krieger ◽  
Rachel E. Damiani ◽  
Sriram Kalyanaraman ◽  
Daisy Zhe Wang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Media Audiences ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Public Engagement With Science ◽  
Understanding Of Science ◽  
The Individual

Mass media are, collectively, an effective mechanism for the engagement of the general public in a debate and exchange of information related to science and technology innovations. Whether the aim is to affect change at the individual, population, or policy-making level, public understanding of science and interaction between experts and lay audiences are paramount. This chapter describes a case study of a cybersecurity forum that provided an opportunity for information technology experts to share their knowledge with studio and social media audiences. Reviewing conceptual and practical implications of the case study, the chapter discusses how public engagement efforts could capitalize on the strength of both traditional and online media and introduce interactive programs that cross these two media spaces.

Defining issue-based publics for public engagement: climate change as a case study

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Featherstone ◽  
Emma Weitkamp ◽  
Katy Ling ◽  
Frank Burnet
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Public Engagement

scholarly journals Resistance in adapting to sustainable mobility and new Sustainable Mobility Indicator – case study of a Polish agglomeration

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Maria Matusiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Changing Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Over Exploitation ◽  
The University ◽  
Climate Crisis

Sustainable growth is now the foundation of economic growth, especially if the 2020 pandemic prompts the conclusion that the over-exploitation of planet’s goods is ultimately turning against humanity. Despite the climate crisis, Poles are reluctant to give up cars, and city authorities in Poland do not increase the quality and efficiency of public transport. Young people around the world are seen as hope for changing trends. The aim of the article is to verify the hypothesis about greater awareness of young people in Poland about climate change, manifested by mobility habits, compared to the older generation. The hypothesis was verified by a study onducted on a group of 67 students commuting to the university at the age of 21-23 and a group of 45 commuters aged 25-65. The Sustainable Mobility Indicator (SMI) was created for the purposes of the article. The SMI considers daily travels of residents of a large Polish city. With the use of the created indicator, the hypothesis was rejected.

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