Record of the Week (Week of 12 May 2014)
ANIMAL TESTING
The Guardian (Comment is Free) – Animal testing should not be shrouded in secrecy. We need real reform now
ANTHROPOLOGY
Savage Minds – The Anthropologist as Scholarly Hipster, Part IV: Authenticity and Privilege
CITIZEN SCIENCE
CitizenSci (PLoS blogs) – Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: What citizen science has told us
CLIMATE CHANGE
The Breakthrough Institute – Why Innovation Should Be at the Heart of Climate Policy
The Bridge (AGU Blogosphere) – 4 maps on America’s climate and energy outlook: 2 that will worry you, 2 that will give you hope
Climate Access – Moving below zero emissions
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience blog – Rethinking climate change-induced migration and displacement
LSE Impact Blog – A study with erroneous claims about the impacts of global warming has finally been corrected
Climate Outreach & Information Network (COIN) (UK) – Science & stories: Bringing the IPCC to life
COMMUNICATION
Environmental Communication – Media Frames and Cognitive Accessibility: What Do “Global Warming” and “Climate Change” Evoke in Partisan Minds? [Ahead of Print]
Just Publics @365 – Clear Communication is Vital in Emergency Response
ENERGY
The Breakthrough Institute –
- The Climate and Environmental Impacts of Renewables
- Growth of Biomass Far Outstrips Growth of Solar and Wind
Citizen Joe Smith – Stories of Change: arts and social sciences support energy transitions
Climate Central – ‘Catastrophe’ Claim Adds Fuel to Methane Debate
The Guardian (Eco Audit) – What is the most dangerous form of energy?
FRACKING
Cultural Cognition Project blog – So much for that theory . . . (fracking freaks me out #2)
The Guardian – Sussex police under fire for ‘criminalising’ fracking protests
Science & Technology (Manchester Policy Blogs) – Evidence ignored amid Lords committee’s bullishness on fracking
OPEN ACCESS
LSE Impact blog – Academic opinions of Wikipedia and open access will improve with more active involvement
SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION
The Scholarly Kitchen – What Researchers Value from Publishers, Canadian Survey
SCIENCE – COLLABORATION
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology – The triple helix and international collaboration in science
SCIENCE – COMMUNICATION
COMPASS blogs – Burning Down Communication Barriers Among Fire Scientists
Making Science Public blog – Worms: Workhorses of science and science communication
Not Exactly Rocket Science (National Geographic) – On Science Journalism, Blogs, and The Wow Beat
Research to Action – Research and the media: fighting the anxiety
Speakers of Science blog – Non-Verbal Communication: What are we really saying?
SCIENCE – KNOWLEDGE USE
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology – Struggling for space and finding my place: An interactionist perspective on everyday use of biomedical information
SCIENCE – POLITICS / POLICY / & POLICY
Canadian Science Writers’ Association – Founder of foraging gene says understanding science affects policy-making
LSE Impact blog – The Evidence Information Service: rapid matchmaker for connecting politicians with thousands of UK researchers.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Discourse & Communication – Enacting identity in microblogging through ambient affiliation
TB
The Guardian – UK government conducting secret badger sett-gassing trials
TECHNOLOGY
Sociological Imagination – Thirty Years On: Lessons from the Home Computer Boom
The Scholarly Kitchen – Keeping It Real — Are Our Technology Expectations Out of Whack?
OTHER ROUND UPS
The Atlantic – Bye Bye, Barbara: The Week’s Best Pop-Culture Writing
Don’t Get Caught (Communications blog) – The Weekend Read
The Guardian – Green news roundup: Ice sheets, nuclear waste and Marco Rubio
Nieman Journalism Lab – This Week in Review: Behind The Times’ big change, and the FCC’s proposal moves forward
Not Exactly Rocket Science (National Geographic) – I’ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (17 May 2014)
Retraction Watch – Weekend reads: A call for retraction of therapy-breast cancer study; credit (and pay) for peer reviewers
Social Media Examiner – Facebook Audience Insights: This Week in Social Media
Speakers of Science blog – Reads of the Week 16 May 2014 – Science Journalism, body clocks and more
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