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Presented at ComSciCon, June 12th 2014. Panel: "Communicating Complexity and Controversy" More info here: http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/50/ And cards here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50147442/Thesis/method%20cards.pdf
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Jennifer Briselli @jbriselli
A Design Strategy for Science Communication
the more things change…
the more they stay the same.
the more things change…
human beings are still human.
“”The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Isaac Asimov
prove scientific consensus, out-reason them all!
more facts! better education! science literacy!
let’s just ignore them… maybe they’ll disappear.
so, the problem with science communication must be…
people are in denial
people are misinformed
people are irrational
the problem is…
that’s not how it works.
Denial?
http://www.desmogblog.com/2012/11/15/why-climate-deniers-have-no-credibility-science-one-pie-chart
24 reject global warming
hierarchical
egalitarian
communitarianindividualist
gun control
HPV vaccine
compulsory health measures
evolution
climate change
nuclear power
abortion
Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus
Source: Kahan, Dan M., Jenkins-Smith, Hank and Braman, Donald, Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus (February 7, 2010). Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 14, pp. 147-74, 2011
Fictitious “Experts”
&Two versions
of each expert’s article
“Is this a knowledgeable and credible expert on…”
respondents who agree the author is an expert
Denial?People generally trust science; but our perceptions of scientific expertise and policy implications are colored by our values.
Misinformation?
“How much risk do you think climate change poses?”
perceived risk
science literacy
egalitarian communitarian
hierarchical individualist
Prediction:better informed
more agreementwith consensus
“How much risk do you think climate change poses?”
perceived risk
science literacy
egalitarian communitarian
hierarchical individualist
Result: for some, better educated
more polarized views opposing consensus
Misinformation?
Overcoming a knowledge deficit or debunking misinformation is like speaking slower and louder, but it won’t necessarily change attitudes.
Irrational?
“All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the big bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell.”Rep. Paul Broun R-GA & member the House Science Committee
maybe this is a rhetorical design problem.
“”Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.
Herbert Simon
How do you design for people who don’t already agree with you?
“”Where ever there is design, there is rhetoric.
Kenneth Burke
design
human-centered
To be continued…