Raise that pulse, share that link
Tom Jacobs reports in Miller McCune Magazine on a recent study which finds anxiety, amusement, and even exercise, can compel people to share information. Do me a favor. Before reading this article,...
View ArticleSocial Science in an Emergency: An Interview with Andrew Miller MP
In 2011 the Science and Technology Select Committee published the report Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies, examining the role of science when emergencies such as the H1N1 influenza...
View ArticleNicholas Lemann on journalism, scholarship, and more informed reporting
Nicholas Lemann, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, is a veteran national affairs journalist who has spent a career examining issues such as...
View ArticleMy Social Science Career: Interview with Sandra Ball-Rokeach
As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, socialsciencespace talks to Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Professor and Principal Investigator of The Metamorphosis Project in the...
View ArticleThe Invisible Children in the Seminar Room: Kony 2012 and digital activism.
Image: suphakit73 Since its earliest days there has been a great deal of writing about online activism and the possibility of forming active networked publics via digital communications – most notably...
View ArticleMy Social Science Career: Interview with Linda Putnam
As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Linda Putnam, Chair of the Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke to socialsciencespace...
View ArticleOpen Access – but not for authors
Open Access to academic journal papers is a hot button issue. The UK government is in favour, along with major UK research funders and organizations representing university librarians and senior...
View ArticleHow Scholars Can Be Strategic Communicators
pakorn This is our second post from the Bridging the Gap Project about its International Summer Policy Institute (IPSI)—at which Henry and I spoke today about scholars-as-bloggers. The first post...
View ArticleDebunking Chemical Myths
Sense About Science have launched the new edition of their public guide ‘Making Sense of Chemical Stories’ this week, debunking chemical myths and explaining the chemical realities. Leading...
View ArticleThe Accessibility of Articles
Academics have a responsibility to make their work as accessible as possible. This not only means publishing their findings and disseminating them as widely as possible, but also making sure work is as...
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