open access

https://doi.org/10.14943/74100

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/62313

What Could Science Communicators Do After the Great East Japan Earthquake?

日本語

感情

2016-07

北海道大学 高等教育推進機構 オープンエデュケーションセンター 科学技術コミュニケーション教育研究部門（CoSTEP）

Japanese Journal of Science Communication

19

57-70

No research has been done to record the voices of science communicators and investigate how they thought and acted during and after the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We conducted an Internet survey of science communicators and held a follow-up workshop. The survey revealed that about 50% of science communicators recognized certain limitations in their communication after the earthquake and that about 80% considered criticism of such limitations as appropriate or relatively appropriate. Further, we identified skills, expertise, and emotion as three principle obstacles confronting science communicators. On the basis of these data, workshop participants concluded that the application of existing science communication skills in support of the public was preferential to attempting unfamiliar forms of communication in response to the disaster. We suggest that science communicators may be able to overcome the above obstacles and limitations by acting in partnership with scientific groups providing appropriate data and perspectives.

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