Multi-Platform Palaeomedia Investigation and Engagement

Activity: Engagement case studies › Academic

Description

This project consists of a three-year multi-platform, cross-disciplinary engagement project that resulted in several research outputs, many news articles and soft literature, dozens of hours of published audio content, and engagement with dozens of universities and cultural institutions around the world.

The project focused broadly on investigation and engagement in the field of ‘palaeo-media’ – that is, media content (including fiction, science communication, film, research and more) produced about palaeontology or extinct organisms. The project adopted multiple communication and media methodologies and lines of enquiry as a method to interrogate, engage with, and integrate a popular field of science.

The major component, but by no means the only component, of the project was the creative production of a podcast focused on science communication (specifically within palaeontology) and the links between science and media across that discipline. Activities associated with the podcast included end-to-end production, creation of all branding and social media, creation and maintenance of the podcast website, publication of related material and all other aspects of the production.
PeriodMar 2022 → Jul 2024
Held atInformation and Communication Studies
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • palaeomedia
  • palaeontology
  • science communication
  • podcast
  • podcasting
  • audio
  • paleontology
  • paleomedia
  • Jurassic Park
  • Jurassic World
  • museums
  • fossils

Countries where activity occurred

  • United States
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Indonesia
  • Germany

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