Talks

Chae, S., Hara, N., & Kim, E. (2024, July). Exploring science communication on community-oriented Social Media. International Conference on Social Media and Society, London, UK.

Shujon, N., Chae, S., Hara, N., & Crandall, D. (July, July). Medical YouTubers’ parasocial visual cues. International Conference on Social Media and Society, London, UK.

Chae, S., & Hara, N. (2024, July). Public engagement with Science on Social Media during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-platform analysis. Joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Hara, N., Kim, E., Akter, S., & Miyazaki, K. (2024, July). Dialogue between Scientists and the Non-Expert Public about Generative AI. Joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Chae, S., Hara, N. (2023, October). Science communication by social media platforms. Association for Information Science & Technology. London, UK. 

Kim, E., & Hara, N. (2023, August). Semantic features and public engagement on Social Media: Case study of climate NGOs and the public’s response to them. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington D.C.

Chae, S., Shiroiya, H., Chen, J., Shah, D., & Hara, N. (2023, August). How Medical Experts Communicate with the Public on YouTube about COVID-19. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington D.C.

Casiraghi, L., Kim, E., & Hara, N. (2023, May). “Thin ice”: Climate change public engagement with scientists on Twitter during COP26. International Communication Association. Toronto, Canada.

Chae, S., Liu, J., Shiroiya, H., & Hara, N. (2023, May). How scientists communicate with the public on Twitter about the COVID-19 Topics. Post-conference: Authentic voices in science communication. International Communication Association. Toronto, Canada.

Liu, J., & Hara, N. (2022, October). Public Engagement with Science via Twitter: What topics do scientists and the public care about most during COVID-19? Association for Information Science & Technology SIG-SI Research Symposium. Pittsburgh, PA.

Kim, E., & Hara, N. (2022, May). Investigating the Interactions Between Climate Change Organizations and the Public on Twitter. International Communication Association, Paris, France.

Knox, E., & Hara, N. (2021, October). Public Engagement with Science via Social Media: A Case of Communicating the Pandemic on Twitter. Annual Meeting for the Association of Information Science & Technology, Salt Lake City, UT.

Peters, J., & Hara, N. (2020, August).  Analysis of Public Engagement with Science on Twitter by Climate Change Organizations.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, Prague, Czech Republic. 

Hara, N., Fichman, P., Meyer, E. T., Chen, Y., & Riech, So Y. (2019, October) A Social Informatics Perspective on Misinformation, Disinformation, Deception and Conflict. Association for Information Science & Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Hara, N., McKay, C., Chen, H. (September, 2019). Investigating Mediated Pubic Engagement with Science on the “Science” Subreddit: From the Participants’ Perspective. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, New Orleans, LA.

Hara, N., McKay, C., Yu, B., Darch, P., Lee, L., Zhang, Y., Chen, T. (April, 2019). How do we promote public engagement with science? iConference 2019, Washington, DC.

Tang, Y., Tian, H., & Hara, N. (January, 2019). Mobile-based synchronous Q&A for knowledge sharing: A case study of Zhihu Live. Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Association for Information Science & Technology, January 3-4, 2019, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia.

Hara, N., & Abbazio, J. (August, 2017). Scientists’ use of Reddit as science communication. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, Boston, MA.

Hara, N., & Friech, E. (August, 2016). Perspectives on reliable sources when co-producing knowledge online. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, Barcelona, Spain.

Liao, J. Y., Hara, N., & Liu, X. (October, 2016). Supporting student comprehension of scientific concept using OER-based collaborative reader system: Students’ perceptions. Paper presented at the Association for Education and Communication Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NE.

Hara, N. (March, 2016). Negotiating contentious knowledge co-production in online communities. Invited Talk in the University of Hong Kong.

Hara, N. (March, 2016). Social Informatics: Directions for future research. Invited Talk in the University of Hong Kong.

Hara, N. (November, 2015). Interpretation of contentious scientific knowledge in the age of social media. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, Denver, CO.

Liu, X., Hara, N., Kazmer, M., Subramaniam, M. M., & Twidale, M. (November, 2015). Education in the cyberlearning era: New challenges, opportunities, and applications. Association for Information Science & Technology, St. Louis, MO.