Science Communication 2.0: Prof. Dr. Simon Meier-Vieracker (#SM1)

Format

Seminar with a mix of synchronous and asynchronous content.
All content was made available as open educational resources.

Keywords

Project seminar, linguistics, science communication, COVID-19, digitalization

© Simon Meier-Vieracker

Description

In the seminar, we explored new digital forms of science communication from a linguistic standpoint. We used science communication surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic as our case study. In the research projects that we completed during the semester, we analyzed the podcast “Coronavirus Update” with Christian Drosten, the YouTube videos from MaiLab, the Wikipedia page on COVID-19 and other examples of communication with a view to linguistic and visual knowledge sharing strategies. We also tried out our own hand in the realm of science communication by preparing and publishing the results of our analysis in a digital form (YouTube videos, Padlets, blog posts). This included an interview with the award-winning science journalist Korinna Henning.

OPAL course:
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/23035412482/CourseNode/101397009678200
YouTube playlist with input videos and other productions by the students:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGlksHy9A8eTc8MqvtqoBK8IEqO7Mof8O
Interview with Korinna Hennig (Coronavirus Update, NDR): 
https://lingdrafts.hypotheses.org/1655
Padlet with results of an analysis of YouTube comments on MaiLab: 
https://padlet.com/bgoermer/2mlm08x53znzdsa6

Contact

Prof. Dr. Simon Meier-Vieracker

Voting ID

#SM1