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Join us this week at LSC's #scicomm colloquium to hear National Academies Senior Program Officer Tiffany Taylor present on "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science: A National Academies Consensus Report". #UWLSC700 Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/lsc…

1) The Tortoise/University of Exeter "Hot Air" database of AI-coded climate "denial" & "delay" statements includes 1000s of easily recognizable errors. #scicomm #scipol tortoisemedia.com/data/hot-air#e… FYI The Honest Broker Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ dominique brossard Deen Freelon Matt Burgess 🇺🇦 [email protected] John Wihbey

"Why would there be a need to define misinformation in the first place? Currently, misinformation is used as an umbrella to describe all kinds of incorrect info. This can lead to over- and underestimates in the effects of misinformation" - Tiffany Taylor, National Academies #UWLSC700

National Academies Taylor details and number of factors that cause misinformation can spread, including confusion, disruption and emotion, among others. However, Taylor notes that these are also reasons individuals share accurate misinformation. #UWLSC700

Matthew C. Nisbet The Honest Broker Bex Sander isn't here any more, find me on Bsky dominique brossard Deen Freelon Matt Burgess 🇺🇦 [email protected] John Wihbey Bjorn Lomborg Lex Fridman NYT Climate American Progress That’s pretty wild… p.s., it was a four hour and 20 minute conversation! :) open.substack.com/pub/revkin/p/l…

We are excited to announce that this Saturday, LSC Professor and Chair dominique brossard will be presenting on "Trust in Science: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From There" at St. Olaf College's Science Communications Conference Learn more at: wp.stolaf.edu/news/the-insti…

Missed this weeks talk? You can find a full recording at the link below! youtu.be/J1wb8hGiNsU

Excited to be on the beautiful St. Olaf College campus for a #scicomm conference! Thanks for having me!

"LSC was the nation’s first department of agricultural journalism ... now we are the first to launch a PhD program in science communication." The end of an era in UW-Madison LSC. Huge thanks to dominique brossard for positioning LSC at the very top of our field ... ecals.cals.wisc.edu/2025/04/28/qa-…

📢 This Saturday, LSC's Kaiping Chen (@kaipingchen.bsky.social) will be presenting on amplifying community voices in the digital age at the United Nations Association of Dane County 2nd Annual Women's Summit. #scicomm Learn more and register now at: unadane.org

📢How does #social #media shape #inequalities in #science #knowledge? ✨We (dominique brossard, dietram a. scheufele, MikeXenos, Todd Newman) examined this across platforms, issues, knowledge types, and demographic groups. Check out our new pub in Social Media+Society here:🔗👇 doi.org/10.1177/205630…

Open to all, check it out!

"As the DOJ questions journals, how can we ... promote 'competing viewpoints' in science?" heterodoxacademy.substack.com/p/as-the-doj-q…

One out of every five gallons of fresh surface water on the planet comes from the Great Lakes. On this #GreatLakesAwarenessDay, we celebrate the six quadrillion gallons of freshwater that make up the five Great Lakes. This precious resource supports rare and unique

Always exciting to be in the beautiful National Academies building and see the amazing, important work they do at the intersection of science and policy!

A recent article in Time Magazine cites me as an example of someone “cultivated” by authoritarian leaders like Trump to “defend the authoritarian agenda.” Why? Because I’ve criticised some research into misinformation and disinformation. I’m a bit annoyed by this. 1/2

This is not good. Colleges & universities should resist calls for closed, secretive searches; involve faculty representatives in all stages of the search process; & provide the entire faculty & other members of the campus community with the opportunity to meet with finalists.

“The notion that we should require placebo trials even when there's already a safe, effective vaccine goes against decades of established norms in clinical research.” trib.al/WqeLhDS

Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ Tage Rai dietram a. scheufele dominique brossard A summary of protest paradigm is included in this 2023 study by McLeod & colleague analyzing the BLM protests. Generally, violence & property damage tend to distract from focus on underlying issues & legitimacy of the protest movement. mdpi.com/2673-5172/4/1/…

"Scientists must compete in an attention economy in which they are just one of many voices, and in which ... algorithms now serve as ... gatekeeper." Is #scicomm becoming its own wicked problem? Our latest thinking #openaccess in PNASNews. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…