Scicomm jargon that matters

First, a reminder - applications for the first cohort of SciComm STEP are due TOMORROW: August 19, 2022! Listen to this episode for details and visit our website to apply! https://www.meteorscicomm.org/scicomm-step 

There’s a lot of jargon in science, so it’s no surprise there’s also a lot of jargon in scicomm. We’ve been chatting… aaaand ranting… about scicomm jargon for a while. So we thought we’d go out on a limb and say what jargon we think works, what matters, and what jargon debates feel unnecessary. 

Why does the jargon matter? Because our work -- scicomm -- is about people, and words matter to people. 

So this week, we tackle things like: 

• Being ready for situations by having thought through the terms you prioritize 
• The debate about being a scicomm trainer vs. scicomm facilitator 
• Scientific communication vs. science communication (aka scicomm) 
• Bethann’s rant that ‘blogging isn’t dead’ and ‘newsletters are just blogs’ 
• Citizen science vs. community science vs. civic science 

Dig in for yourself: What’s an aspect of scicomm jargon that you think really matters …or maybe one that you think is downright silly?

Thanks for listening! Share your jargon rant with us at  https://www.twitter.com/meteorscicomm!