SciComm Summer #13: John Sides - Contributing to Political Discussion
Opinion Science
English - August 29, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsSocial Sciences Science psychology social science opinion persuasion communication social psychology public opinion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
John Sides is a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and co-founded The Monkey Cage, which is a popular political science blog now available at the Washington Post. The blog gives academic social scientists a platform to use their expertise to help the public understand political news. In our conversation, John talks about the origins of TMC, the kinds of articles that are successful, and how (and why!) to write well for a public audience.
This episode is the final episode in a special podcast series on science communication. You can find more info and episodes here: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/hot-scicomm-summer/
Video going over key ideas from the scicomm series: https://youtu.be/Fbx2Xj4KcU0
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