“There really is a lot of shared understanding, but there are also differences”: identity configurations in science communicators' professional identity
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Science communication is a relatively new field of practice, shaped by a diverse group of professional science communicators and the way they make sense of their work. A distinguishing feature of these professional science communicators is the organisational context they work in. Based on a typology from an organisational theory framework, this study explores the perspectives of 15 German science communicators through qualitative interviews. It seems that while they tend to draw on a common set of building blocks, they use them to construct individual professional identity configurations partly influenced by their organisational context.
Source: Journal of Science Communication
DOI: 10.22323/2.22010207
Authors: Liliann Fischer, Hannah Schmid-Petri
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4321457331