Engagement present and future: Graduate student and faculty perceptions of social media and the role of the public in science engagement

Emily L Howell, Julia Nepper, Dominique Brossard, Michael A Xenos and Dietram A Scheufele

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: Interest in public engagement with science activities has grown in recent decades, especially engagement through social media and among graduate students. Research on scientists’ views of engagement, particularly two-way engagement and engagement through social media, is sparse, particularly research examining graduate students’ views. We compare graduate students and faculty in biological and physical sciences at a land-grant, research-intensive university in their views on engagement. We find that both groups overwhelmingly believe that public input in decision-making around science issues is important, and hold largely pro-engagement attitudes. Graduate students, however, have somewhat more optimistic views of engagement through social media and on the appropriateness of discussing science controversy on social media. We discuss implications for graduate education and future engagement.

Date: 2019
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