Aviv J. Sharon|Ayelet Baram?Tsabari
Measuring mumbo jumbo: A preliminary quantification of the use of jargon in science communication
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology|Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
leaders scientific community encourage scientists learn effective science communication including honing skill discuss science little professional jargon however avoiding jargon trivial scientists several reasons demands special attention teaching evaluation despite standard measurement use scientific jargon speech developed date standard yardstick use scientific jargon spoken texts using computational linguistics approach proposed analyzed transcripts included academic speech scientific tedtalks communication discovery higgslike boson cern findings suggest scientists use less jargon communication general audience communication peers always less obscure jargon findings may lay groundwork evaluating use jargon