Amy Dobos

Former SCOM3003 researcher

BSc (Sci Com)

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About

Amy Dobos completed her Bachelor of Science (Science Communication) in 2012.

She is currently the Science Communication and Events Officer at the Institute for Applied Ecology, the University of Canberra.

Affiliations

Projects

Accessing visual communication modes to promote an understanding of Alzheimer’s disease in the digital realm, Principal investigator
Is a photograph worth a thousand words? The communication of Alzheimer’s disease research using visual interdisciplinary methodologies, Principal investigator

Publications

Journal papers

Dobos, A.R., Orthia, L.A. & Lamberts, R. (2014) Does a picture tell a thousand words? The uses of digitally produced, multimodal pictures for communicating information about Alzheimer’s disease. Public Understanding of Science. Prepublished online 27 May 2014. doi: 10.1177/0963662514533623.
Orthia L.A., Dobos A.R., Guy T., Kan S.Z., Keys S.E., Nekvapil S. & Ngu D.H.Y. (2012) How do people think about the science they encounter in fiction? Science students investigate using The Simpsons. International Journal of Science Education Part B 2: 149-174.