Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

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Symbol M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-TT Technology & Techniques

[M-TT44_2PM1] Social media and earth and planetary sciences

Fri. May 2, 2014 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM 311 (3F)

Convener:*Kazuo Amano(Department of Environmental Sciences,Ibaraki University), Takashi Oguchi(Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo), Masaki Ito(Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo), Chair:Takashi Oguchi(Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo), Masaki Ito(Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo), Kazuo Amano(Department of Environmental Sciences,Ibaraki University)

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

[MTT44-05] Social media as a source of innovative ideas for education and outreach in geoscience

*Takashi OGUCHI1, Hajime ISHIKAWA1, Mari HASHIMOTO2 (1.CSIS, Univ. Tokyo, 2.Meiji Gakuin Univ.)

Keywords:social media, education, outreach, interaction among persons

Scientists are often expected to contribute to education and outreach in their specialized fields. They can provide scientifically accurate information about their fields based on deep knowledge. However, they may be much affected by the customs and common sense of their fields, and may not be good at attracting attention of people who do not have specialized knowledge in the fields. Social media contribute to the reduction of this problem, through interactions of people with various backgrounds. Scientists of a particular field often interact with those who are interested in the field but have different backgrounds including non-scientists. Such people sometimes provide scientists with novel ideas for effective education and outreach. Subsequent comments from scientists on the ideas may be useful for those who provided the ideas. In this presentation, we discuss such constructive interactions among persons in social media, with reference to geomorphological examples.