Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

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

[M-TT43] Social media and earth and planetary sciences

Tue. May 26, 2015 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM 203 (2F)

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

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

[MTT43-02] Use of social media in geoscience to correct widespread misunderstanding

*Takashi OGUCHI1 (1.CSIS, Univ. Tokyo)

Keywords:science, misunderstanding, social media

Misunderstanding on geoscientific issues affects not only geoscientists but also general education. Social media is effective to correct such misunderstanding particularly when it has been widespread. This paper discusses such a role of social media, using an example concerning the cause of alluvial-fan formation.