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Matthew C. Nisbet
Associate Professor of Communication, Northeastern University
Matthew C. Nisbet, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Public Policy, and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. Nisbet studies the role of communication and advocacy in policymaking and public affairs, focusing on debates over over climate change, energy, and sustainability. Among awards and recognition, Nisbet has been a Visiting Shorenstein Fellow on Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, a Health Policy Investigator at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and a Google Science Communication Fellow. In 2011, the editors at the journal Nature recommended Nisbet's research as “essential reading for anyone with a passing interest in the climate change debate,” and the New Republic highlighted his work as a “fascinating dissection of the shortcomings of climate activism."
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In June, I will be heading to Copenhagen to speak at and participate in the annual meeting of the Danish Science Journalists Association. The meeting titled “Framing Research” tackles many […]
Hooked around the accidental release of a climate change “rebranding” memo by the firm EcoAmerica a few weeks back, Seed magazine runs today an interesting roundtable discussion on the good, […]
I did an interview this morning with Elie Dolgin of The Scientist magazine discussing the “going broad” media strategy surrounding Darwinius masillae aka Ida the fossil. The magazine has the […]
On Monday night, AU’s School of Communication sponsored a screening at the Newseum of the 1992 campaign documentary The War Room with a panel discussion that included stars George Stephanopoulos, […]
So I scanned the reviews for director McG’s Terminator Salvation at the Washington Post, New York Times, and New York Magazine, and it turns out not unexpectedly that in the […]
Over at the NY Times’Opinionator blog, they provide a round up of commentary from science bloggers on Darwinius masillae aka Ida while also pointing to a revealing outing at the […]
The publicity success of Darwinius masillae aka Ida continues on with Tuesday’s New York Times story among the most blogged at the paper. The top 10 list as of this […]
In June, I am headed to Denmark to speak at and participate in a unique conference organized by the Danish Association of Science Journalists. The one day conference titled “Dissensus […]
As we discuss in a current working paper, the “going broad” strategy of using entertainment media to reach wider audiences was first pioneered in the area of health. For example, […]
Talk about “going broad” with a science communication strategy: If an open access journal article, a front page NY Times article, Good Morning America, and a two-hour History Channel documentary […]
It started this morning with the front page story at the NY Times. Tellingly, the article wasn’t hooked around Darwinius masillae as a historic scientific breakthrough but rather as a […]
Speaking of “going broad” with science communication, here’s something I really like. As part of their Science and Entertainment Exchange initiative, the National Academies has launched The X-Change Files blog […]
For readers in the Madison area, I will be giving a lecture on Thursday, June 25 at the University of Wisconsin as part of the university’s summer lecture series. The […]
Fronting the NY Times today is a preview of a bold new strategy for engaging hard to reach audiences on science. As the NY Times describes, today’s media event that […]
Angels & Demons opened this weekend with a less than expected $48 million just edging out the still hot Star Trek ($43M, $150M over two weeks). I took in the […]
So I am sitting here watching game 7 of the Lakers-Rockets series with the Lakers up by 20. The fact that the Rockets could take the Lakers to 7 games […]
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Not only will Angels & Demons likely jump start conversations about physics, as some scientists hope, but the summer blockbuster will also be a launching pad for audiences to drive […]
Jacob with his black-clad counterpart.Much was revealed in last night’s fifth season finale for Lost, the penultimate for the series. Here’s my take: Apparently Jacob is a Judeo-Christian God-like figure, […]
There are a lot of Twitter dismissives among science bloggers, but the mobile technology has promise, journalists and others just have to understand how to structure its use successfully.One such […]