Science Communication
Research related to all aspects of science communication.
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Allison Fortner, a doctoral student in the Lamm Lab, just completed an eight-week international internship in Paris and on France’s Brittany Coast, where she worked as a science communicator with the Safe Seaweed Coalition, a global partnership established in 2021 to support a safe and sustainable seaweed industry. The internship fulfilled the requirements of Fortner’s International Agriculture…
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At the 2022 Association for International Agricultural and Extension Conference, members of the University of Georgia Lamm Lab presented their research on education and extension from an international perspective. With multiple oral abstract presentations one poster presentation, the team was excited to share the results of multiple research projects with a diverse global audience. Below…
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Allison Fortner, along with co-author Katie Sanders, presented a poster at the Association of International Agricultural and Extension Education’s 2022 conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, April 4-7. The poster titled, “Exploring the Influence of International Scholars on Social Media Engagement across Platforms,” explored the influence of the presence of international versus domestic scholars in social media…
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Dr. Lamm worked with a multi-disciplinary team of academics and scientists to assess the current and future state of soilless substrate research in North America through support from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative. Through this project, we developed a protocol to assess grower and supplier needs across crop types to shed light on the…
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Members of the Lamm Lab presented research papers and posters at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from February 13-15, 2022. Social Media and Science Communication Paper Presentations Two manuscripts from Allison Fortner‘s master’s thesis research, supported by the UGA Agricultural Experiment Station, were presented on Allison’s behalf. The first paper presented…
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Allison Fortner‘s research (presented by Dr. Abigail Borron) was identified as one of the top research papers at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium held in New Orleans, LA in early February. Her work, supported by the UGA Agricultural Experiment Station was noted as innovative and impactful, providing a guide for Colleges of Agriculture and Environmental…
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Climate change is often found to be a controversial topic; one where opposing positions argue. Through the rise of social media as the mainstream communication method used by the public to obtain information about critical issues, arguments on social media about climate change have overtaken the conversation. Given the changing climate has been identified as…
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As the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) turns 50, several of their past CAST Borlaug Communication award recipients were asked to discuss past and future efforts. Dr. Lamm shared her thoughts on how CAST can expand their communication efforts to reach and engage a broader audience. Her call to action included placing an…
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In early 2020, when we were all locked up in our homes, waiting to learn more and relying on the internet as our sole source of information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, we all wondered where this mysterious virus came from with little scientific information available. Conspiracy theories ran rampant ranging from a form of warfare…
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Does the way we talk about technology impact the sustainability of digital agricultural innovations?
UGA researchers examine how artificial intelligence in agriculture is currently discussed on Twitter.