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Marina Joubert
Researcher at Stellenbosch University
Publications - 43
Citations - 388
Marina Joubert is an academic researcher from Stellenbosch University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Science communication & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 28 publications receiving 206 citations.
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Science communication as a field of research : identifying trends, challenges and gaps by analysing research papers
Lars Guenther,Marina Joubert +1 more
TL;DR: Guenther et al. as mentioned in this paper identified trends, challenges and gaps in science communication as a field of research by analysing research papers, and proposed a method to identify trends and challenges by analyzing research papers.
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The conflation of motives of science communication — causes, consequences, remedies
Peter Weingart,Marina Joubert +1 more
TL;DR: This paper argued that political motives are the major driving force behind most science communication programs including so-called public engagement with science with the result that educational and promotional objectives are blurred and science communication activities are rarely evaluated meaningfully.
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Storytelling: the soul of science communication
TL;DR: The 2018 conference of the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Network as mentioned in this paper explored the potential of storytelling in public communication of science, including to understand how science storytelling functions (or could fail) in different contexts.
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Public engagement with science-Origins, motives and impact in academic literature and science policy.
TL;DR: In this paper, a content analysis of articles published in three leading science communication journals and a selection of science policy documents from the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA), the European Union (EU), and South Africa (SA) is presented.
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Getting to Know Science Tweeters: A Pilot Analysis of South African Twitter Users Tweeting about Research Articles
Marina Joubert,Rodrigo Costas +1 more
TL;DR: Astronomy, astrophysics, ecology and the environment emerge as the research topics that are most popular amongst ZA science tweeters, suggesting that Twitter users are increasingly using this social media platform as a tool to share and discuss scientific outputs.