Knowing Me, Knowing You
© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. To engage effectively, it is important to understand audiences’ values, attitudes, and background knowledge. Given that researchers are increasingly expected to be responsible for public engagement, we conducted a small study into their perceptions of publics’ scientifi...
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| author | Carr, A. Grand, A. Sullivan, Miriam |
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| description | © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. To engage effectively, it is important to understand audiences’ values, attitudes, and background knowledge. Given that researchers are increasingly expected to be responsible for public engagement, we conducted a small study into their perceptions of publics’ scientific knowledge. Our data show researchers feel public engagement is important and their particular field is not difficult to understand. However, our participants appeared to rely on guesswork when estimating public knowledge and to underestimate positive public attitudes toward science. We suggest if researchers develop a more accurate sense of audiences’ knowledge and attitudes they will be able to engage more effectively and efficiently. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-725182018-12-13T09:34:31Z Knowing Me, Knowing You Carr, A. Grand, A. Sullivan, Miriam © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. To engage effectively, it is important to understand audiences’ values, attitudes, and background knowledge. Given that researchers are increasingly expected to be responsible for public engagement, we conducted a small study into their perceptions of publics’ scientific knowledge. Our data show researchers feel public engagement is important and their particular field is not difficult to understand. However, our participants appeared to rely on guesswork when estimating public knowledge and to underestimate positive public attitudes toward science. We suggest if researchers develop a more accurate sense of audiences’ knowledge and attitudes they will be able to engage more effectively and efficiently. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72518 10.1177/1075547017736891 Sage Publications restricted |
| spellingShingle | Carr, A. Grand, A. Sullivan, Miriam Knowing Me, Knowing You |
| title | Knowing Me, Knowing You |
| title_full | Knowing Me, Knowing You |
| title_fullStr | Knowing Me, Knowing You |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowing Me, Knowing You |
| title_short | Knowing Me, Knowing You |
| title_sort | knowing me, knowing you |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72518 |