Name: Research Symposium: Communicating Science in World Suffering from Infoxication - Session I
Start: 2025-04-06T09:00:00-0700
End: 2025-04-06T09:45:00-0700

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Sunday April 6, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am PDT

W306

2025 Research Symposium Chairs:
Graham Dixon, Ohio State University
Jay Hmielowski, University of Florida

As the world suffers from an information overload or infoxication, understanding what the public knows about science, technology, and risk becomes more important. Science communication is often complicated and overwhelming when the public tries to research a topic or an issue to learn and form opinions. With the growth of AI, misinformation/disinformation, it is more important to understand how to better communicate science to the public across a variety of platforms.

Examining Consumers’ Perceptions of the Term “Natural” on Food Labels
Michel M. Haigh, Texas State University
Lori Costello, University of South Dakota
Arienne Ferchaud, Florida State University

AI's new threat to science communication: A case study of Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Heather Walters, Missouri State University

Moderators

Jay Hmielowski

University of Florida

Speakers

Lori Costello

University of South Dakota

Michel M. Haigh

Professor, Texas State University

Michel M. Haigh brings a mix of practical and teaching experience to her position at Texas State. She joined the faculty in July of 2017. lty at Penn State from 2006-2017 where she taught public relations writing, campaigns, research methods, freshmen seminar, and mass media and society... Read More →

Heather Walters

Senior Instructor, Missouri State University

Sunday April 6, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am PDT
W306

Research Symposium – Communicating Science in World Suffering from Infoxication, Research/Theory

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Jay Hmielowski

Lori Costello

Michel M. Haigh

Heather Walters

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