New, Not Different: Data-Driven Perspectives on Science Festival Audiences

被引：19

作者：

Nielsen, Katherine ^{[1
]}

Gathings, M. J. ^{[2
]}

Peterman, Karen ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Sci & Hlth Educ Partnership SEP, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA

[2] Karen Peterman Consulting Co, Durham, NC USA

来源：

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | 2019年 / 41卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

science festival; science communication; public engagement; public science events; CITIZEN SCIENCE;

D O I：

10.1177/1075547019832312

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

This commentary explores the kinds of audiences who attend science festivals in the United States by examining data from nearly 10,000 attendees from 24 festivals. Findings are presented to describe festival audiences overall and in comparison to national census and polling data. Results are similar to those for other public science events, with the majority of attendees being well-educated and middle-class. Even so, approximately two thirds of festival-goers are new each year. The findings are discussed in relation to evidence that begins to establish a typology of public science event attendees, and the need to reach "new" versus "different" audiences.

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页码：254 / 264

页数：11

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