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Arko Olesk

@arkoolesk.bsky.social

254 followers 178 following 34 posts

Science and education adviser to the President of Estonia. Senior Researcher in Science Communication, Tallinn University

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Arko Olesk @arkoolesk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I made an exhibition! "Tangible Climate", opened yesterday at the University of Tartu Natural History Museum, is about the causes and consequences of climate change. As a curator, my aim was to convert scientific facts into engaging exhibits and compelling stories. Quite happy with the outcome.

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Arko Olesk @arkoolesk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

... requires that journalists adapt to the adaptions of researchers playing their own game just as well the journalists themselves. 11/

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Arko Olesk @arkoolesk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

… listed on the image. I conclude that different goals require different adaptions to media logic, leading to researchers taking different roles, each with their characteristic pattern of mediatization, captured with the help of the proposed indicators. 8/

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Arko Olesk @arkoolesk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My many new followers may have missed the news that I defended my PhD a few months ago. Under the title “Mediatization of scientists: process, indicators, impact”, I explored the changing interaction patterns of scientists and journalists in #scicomm. It all started with an Estonian satellite. 1/

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Arko Olesk @arkoolesk.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It made me think. Although a similar suggestion to drop references is often given to researchers in communication trainings, it meets a lot of resistance. Why? Because references are perceived as a strong signal of scientific validity, another requirement for quality #scicomm. 2/7

The first of QUEST quality indicators for science communication: scientific, which states that communication is based on rigorous scientific information and references to sources are added.

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Arko Olesk @arkoolesk.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I'm reading The Naked Ape (1967) by Desmond Morris and this is how he opens the book: "This book is intended for a general audience and authorities have therefore not been quoted in the text. To do so would have broken the flow of words and is a practice suitable only for a more technical work." 1/7

The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris book cover

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Arko Olesk @arkoolesk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Teenagers today are no longer inspired by Greta Thunberg, I heard from the educators at Climate House by the Norway Museum of Natural History. She is rather associated with civil disobedience to which they oppose. Now, climate engagement among young people is declining.

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