"[T]he reliance on industry-controlled conceptualization and categorization of data by academic researchers undermines ... peer review and the replicability of what Meta claims are highly policy-relevant findings." Glad our field is continuing these difficult but important conversations ...

This nicely reinforces findings from our recent @pnas.org piece in which we argue “that industry players like Meta make significant investments into long-term research streams … to absolve their platforms of responsibility for adverse effects on society or individuals.” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Let’s not be naive: We need to be very aware of industry influence in computational social science! Through control of data (and experiment) access the situation is even more problematic than in other industries, which makes the data access rights under DSA article 40 particular important!

#Disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, but research on #DisasterManagement remains limited and siloed. A recent @IssuesInST.bsky.social piece advocates for researchers to work together to develop a unified U.S. #DisasterResearch strategy: buff.ly/KLvNNgz

Open-rank faculty positions in Artificial Intelligence in Education and Organizations at Vanderbilt University. The faculty will work within our new college of connected computing and one of the five departments in Peabody College (including psychology!) jobs.chronicle.com/job/37894746...

Excited and humbled to have received the Sharon Dunwoody Excellence in Mentoring Award at the 2025 @comsher.bsky.social Convention!Thanks so much to the former students and colleagues who have nominated me, working and learning from all of you is what makes academic life worthwhile!

"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? With huge gratitude to my co-authors, excited to finally see this in "print" ... #openaccess

The only way people seem able to navigate diet is to fixate on ONE THING that is the BAD THING. That was wrong when it was sugar, HFCS, GMOs, gluten, lectins, meat, whatever. And of course it's just as wrong for seed oils. www.eater.com/politics/883...

@morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social CEO Brad Schwartz discussing biomedical research and regulatory processe at the Mount Horeb, WI, public library. #scicomm in action!

Ooo! Ooo! This should be a contest. Can you out-predict the Economist's SCOTUS AI model? Winners get a subscription.

👩‍🏫 Und Olaf Kramer wird zusammen mit @hendriks.bsky.social, Ayelet Baram Tsabari und @brossard.bsky.social Teil des Panels "𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀" sein.

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

Weekend reads: MIT rescinds support of AI paper; should AI write science papers, anyway?; another pub steps in for paused NIH journal

Clarivate to stop counting citations to retracted articles in journals’ impact factors

“This is why I must step away from my work with two federal institutions … that offer guidance about how the Executive and Legislative branches can be stewards of knowledge and create structure to enable discovery, innovation, and ingenuity.”

"Governance should not be understood as an impediment to AI innovation but as an essential component of it." A new article in the National Academy of Engineering's The Bridge from @alondra.bsky.social discusses the value of policy and governance for AI systems. Read now: buff.ly/sFRy6qW

It's that season once again 🍂 ☀️ ❄️ 🌱 so please spread the word: Science, Technology, & Human Values are pleased to announce that we are taking proposals for Special Issues of the journal 📬 ⏰ The call closes 21 June 2025 - and you can find details in the form: forms.gle/6uYdQim9J1z5...

Always exciting to be in the beautiful @nationalacademies.org building and see the amazing, important work they do at the intersection of science and policy! Honored to be a member of one of their Advisory Committees

Important. Politicians may be getting a “false negative” reading of the state of politics from media and social media that monetise polarisation. This sort of thing and more citizen participation can help. @eurcorrespond.bsky.social www.europeancorrespondent.com/article?s=Ri...

... and thank you to alumna Holly Cho for a powerful reminder of what #scicomm is all about in a keynote that I hope a lot of people will read: lsc.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...

🧪 Data update on NSF grant terminations Including last Friday's terminations, STEM education grants now account for... 54% of terminated NSF grants (751 of 1381) 75% of terminated NSF funding ($590M of $783M) The next generation of scientists is being targeted. #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF

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

“As long as COVID and President Trump are the two most easily retrievable examples of what misinformation correction looks like, we have a problem.” Always great talking to (and getting pushback from) @kakape.bsky.social …

Taught by @wiscobirder.bsky.social and open to all!

Our cover this week.

"LSC was the nation’s first department of agricultural journalism ... and now we are the first to launch a PhD program in science communication." The end of an era in @uw-lsc.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @brossard.bsky.social for all her work positioning LSC at the very top of our field ...

Excited to spend today at the Science Communications Conference at St. Olaf College. @brossard.bsky.social starts us off "Communicating science is very important but it's also very hard" When thinking about "trust in science" what do we mean, trust in whom, in what context, to do what? 1/

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

We are excited to announce that this Saturday, LSC Professor and Chair @brossard.bsky.social 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-ins...

From the Science Communication Incubator Lab (SCI Lab) co-led by @dietram.bsky.social, a new study brings together filmmakers and scientists to assess racial and gender biases in the public's perception of scientists in film.

"Black female scientists received the lowest ratings in both warmth and competence, with ratings dropping further when introducing a story about a White patient." Depressing findings from one of the more unusual research-practice partnerships I've had the privilege to be part of ...

It was great to participate in this report, thanks for inviting me! #scicomm #trustinscience

🌍🔍 Bridging the Gap: Trust in Science for Policy 🌍🔍 Recent months have seen mounting challenges for science globally. We’re excited to share insights from our recent workshop with the ISC, NSF and JRC, compiled into a report "Trust in Science for Policy Nexus." dx.doi.org/10.2760/6212...

New name, same great program. The Department of Life Sciences Communication has answered the growing demand for experts in science communication with the newly renamed Science Communication PhD program. Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/03/06/d...

Next week, Ohio State University Associate Professor Graham Dixon will be presenting on "The Challenge of Addressing Pluralistic Ignorance: Vaccination as a Case Study" at LSC's #scicomm colloquium Join us in person or follow along on X at #UWLSC700 Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...

“The program is called ‘safe place for science,’ and will provide 15 million Euros in funding for some 15 researchers over a 3-year period.”

If you have connections with universities, foundations, or other groups that might be interested in partnering reach out to @sciencewriters.org and @sciencewriting.bsky.social. We are committed to making this conference happen!

This week, University of Utah Assistant Professor @freiling.bsky.social will be presenting on "Generative AI, Social Media Algorithms, & Misinformation" at LSC's #scicomm Colloquium. Join us in person or follow along on X at #UWLSC700 Learn more at: lsc.wisc.edu/2025/01/17/l...

"Science" doesn't discover new medicines, develop new diagnostic tools, or save lives Scientists do that Decades of taxpayer support for biomedical scientists have returned countless discoveries to the American People What does that funding mean to those scientists? morgridge.org/story/the-am...

Early-career scientists are essential to the Morgridge mission, and the majority have some level of competitive support from NIH. Several researchers share thoughts on how federal funding supports their mission to conduct high-impact research. Read their stories: morgridge.org/story/the-am...

Communities across Wisconsin are continuing to debate removing fluoride from local water supplies. LSC's @brossard.bsky.social comments on this evolving situation in recent reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Read more at: www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...

At #AAAS2025? Join us to discuss policymakers' unmet desire to collaborate with scientists Friday, February 14th at 2:30, room 310! #scicomm #sciencepolicy (with @moefeliu.bsky.social, Adam Seth Levine and Elizabeth Day)

I am so proud of this report. It was a career highlight to be part of the #SciPEP (Science Public Engagement Partnership) leadership team. Some of folks who are featured: Sara Yeo, Carrie Funk, @johnbesley.bsky.social, @toddnew.bsky.social, @moefeliu.bsky.social.

"This groundbreaking program is the first of its kind in the United States and offers students the chance to become leaders in the field. The inaugural cohort will begin in fall 2025."

Would you like one LESS thing to worry about? I am here for you. Stop worrying about how processed your food is! Sure, plenty of ultra-processed food is total junk, but it's the old-school stuff that makes it bad: calorie-density, sugar, fat, & sodium. Gift link: wapo.st/41dOlTW

We present: A new instrument to measure people’s science literacy. #OpenAccess in #ScienceCommunication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 📢 It’s a 14-item #survey scale in English, German, French and Italian covering three key dimensions of science literacy: civic, media and cognitive literacy 💡

In light of Meta's announcement to discontinue third-party fact-checking on their platforms, LSC's @brossard.bsky.social comments on how these changes could effect users in recent reporting from Badger Herald. Read more at: badgerherald.com/news/campus/...

“Our phenomenal faculty are top experts in the field, constantly engaging in innovative research and teaching." Excited to see our 1950s Mass Communications program transition into @uwmadison.bsky.social's brand new Science Communication Ph.D. ...

"Engaged research is an exercise in compromise."- Maria Carmen Lemos, U-Mich #UWLSC700