{"689334":{"#nid":"689334","#data":{"type":"event","title":"How Scientists and the Public Think About AI and What That Means for Science Communication ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker: Todd Newman, \u003C\/strong\u003EAssociate Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin - Madison\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=u5ghSHuuJUuLem1_Mvqgg3zTAO0_rYRNm-ObdqgEeNdUQTQ1VlkyUlMzNFk3TEI0VlFDQ1ZOSzRCOS4u\u0022\u003EPlease \u0026lt;RSVP\u0026gt; here if you plan to attend.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Description: \u003C\/strong\u003EThis talk will present research on how lay audiences and scientific experts who work on AI perceive the implications of the technology, and how we as the scientific community can think strategically about how we communicate and engage with various audiences on the topic of AI and other emerging technologies.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio: \u003C\/strong\u003ETodd P. Newman is an associate professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and affiliate of the Morgridge Institute for Research. Newman\u2019s research broadly focuses on public opinion dynamics related to science and emerging technologies. He has worked on a number of collaborative projects within this context funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Kavli Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Rita Allen Foundation, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. \u0026nbsp;Newman is co-author of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/oa-mono\/10.4324\/9781003493938\/science-communication-scientists-john-besley-anthony-dudo-laura-lindenfeld-todd-newman-xia-zheng\u0022 id=\u0022OWAc7683d89-c2de-d37d-388e-946182d61f54\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/oa-mono\/10.4324\/9781003493938\/science-communication-scientists-john-besley-anthony-dudo-laura-lindenfeld-todd-newman-xia-zheng\u0022\u003EScience Communication for Scientists: Linking Strategy with Creativity, Practice, and Respect\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/oa-mono\/10.4324\/9781003493938\/science-communication-scientists-john-besley-anthony-dudo-laura-lindenfeld-todd-newman-xia-zheng\u0022 id=\u0022OWA2f91e30a-8936-4704-3747-4d9dea5b4ac7\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/oa-mono\/10.4324\/9781003493938\/science-communication-scientists-john-besley-anthony-dudo-laura-lindenfeld-todd-newman-xia-zheng\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E(Routledge, 2025). Prior to joining UW-Madison, he was a research associate at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESponsored by the College of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EScience Communication and Public Engagement Seminar: \u003Cem\u003E\u0022How Scientists and the Public Think About AI and What That Means for Science Communication \u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Science Communication and Public Engagement Seminar:  \u0022How Scientists and the Public Think About AI and What That Means for Science Communication \u0022"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2026-04-01 15:55:18","changed_gmt":"2026-04-01 15:58:01","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-08T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-08T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-08T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-08 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-08 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-08 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Suddath Seminar Room, 1128 IBB,  Georgia Tech","extras":[],"hg_media":{"679813":{"id":"679813","type":"image","title":"Todd Newman","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETodd Newman, \u003C\/strong\u003EAssociate Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin - Madison\u003C\/div\u003E","created":"1775058417","gmt_created":"2026-04-01 15:46:57","changed":"1775058632","gmt_changed":"2026-04-01 15:50:32","alt":"Todd Newman, Associate Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin - Madison","file":{"fid":"264017","name":"Newman-cp-200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/01\/Newman-cp-200x300.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/01\/Newman-cp-200x300.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":44784,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/01\/Newman-cp-200x300.jpg?itok=TmTDndgv"}}},"media_ids":["679813"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"194945","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}