This colloquium surveyed the state of the art of empirical social science research in science communication and focused on research in psychology, decision science, mass communication, risk communication, health communication, political science, sociology, and related fields on the communication dynamics surrounding issues in science, engineering, technology, and medicine with five distinct goals:
* To improve understanding of relations between the scientific community and the public
* To assess the scientific basis for effective communication about science
* To strengthen ties among and between communication scientists
* To promote greater integration of the disciplines and approaches pertaining to effective communication
* To foster an institutional commitment to evidence-based communication science
Two videocasts of note are:
Why We Can’t Trust Our Intuitions: Communication as a Science,
Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan:
http://events.tvworldwide.com/Events/NAS120521?VID=events/NAS/120521_NAS...
and
Thinking We Know, Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University:
http://events.tvworldwide.com/Events/NAS120521?VID=events/NAS/120521_NAS...