Little research has been conducted on composing digital genres for science communication to diverse audiences from the perspective of both genres and gender. Oana Carciu and Rosana Villares tackled this issue in the 22nd AELFE international conference (6-7 Sept, Budapest), where they their latest research on women scientists’ digital science practices.
Rosana Villares’ talk reported on the views and values that women scientists convey when they communicate science to lay audiences. Based on interview data, key themes such as educating society and the social value of science where stressed. It seems scientists are fully aware of their role in improving society and engaging in active conversations with adults, teenagers, children, and anyone interested in science.
Oana Carciu, in her presentation, addressed the question of women scientists’ digital and communication skills. In particular, she focused on what writing technologies and multimodal meaning-making strategies female scientists used to create digital multimodal texts. Finally, she discusses several good practices that should be followed when engaging in digital composing processes.
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