Graduation Year
2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Granting Department
English
Major Professor
Nathan Johnson, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Meredith Johnson, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Joseph Moxley, Ph.D.
Keywords
Space Place Rhetoric, Map Analysis, Power, Science Communication, Science Festival, Technical Communication
Abstract
This study analyzes how spatial organization impacts science communication at the St. Petersburg Science Festival in Florida. Through map analysis, qualitative interviews, and a close reading of evaluation reports, the author determines that sponsorship, logistics, exhibitor ambience, and map usability and design are the factors most affecting the spatial performance of science. To mitigate their effects, technical communicators can identify these factors and provide the necessary revisions when considering how science is communicated to the public.
Scholar Commons Citation
Kass, Natalie, "Science in the Sun: How Science is Performed as a Spatial Practice" (2017). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/6657
Included in
Other Communication Commons, Rhetoric Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
