Thursday, September 22, 2011

Is the NSF working with warmist English major Chris Mooney to prepare scientists to deliver climate hoax messages in strategic ways?

Chris Mooney | Science Communication: Training for the Future
Yesterday I arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, for another installment of an enterprise to which I’ve been increasingly devoted over the last year: Training scientists in communication, public engagement, and media outreach. Working with the National Science Foundation, but also sometimes on my own, I’ve now probably been involved in training over a thousand scientists in these, er, “arts.”
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The Practice. This is what, at least with NSF, we spend most of our time on. It ranges from what I call “jargon-busting”—teaching scientists not to use words that only they understand—to emphasizing the core need to design a message in a strategic way, rather than a haphazard one, and how to do that.
Chris Mooney (journalist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He has an English Major from Yale University
Personality type differences between Ph.D. climate researchers and the general public: implications for effective communication
We suggest that climate researchers will be more effective in conveying their messages if they are aware of their own personality type and potential differences in preferred learning and communication styles between themselves and the general public (and other specific audiences), and use this knowledge to more effectively target their audience.

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