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How do young adults engage with science and research on social media? Some preliminary findings and an agenda for future research

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2018
Journal Article
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Abstract

Abstract

Abstract
While considerable research has looked at how people use the Internet for sharing and engaging with various types of content from celebrity news to politics, very little of this work has considered how non-specialists interact with science and research material on social media. This article reviews literature on public engagement with science to note that this area is ripe for research on social-media-based engagement in particular. Drawing on a survey of American young adults’ online experiences, we show that using social media for s

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4

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3

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1

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10

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Journal Article

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Keywords

Science communication, online participation, sharing, Facebook, Twitter

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English

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Publication date
2018-09-03

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2018-12-10

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2056-3051

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Gold

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