Can scientists fill the science journalism void? Online public engagement with science stories authored by scientists

• Yael Barel-Ben David ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yaelb@campus.technion.ac.il

  Affiliation Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8861-1946

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• Erez S. Garty,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Davidson Institute–the Educational Arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

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• Ayelet Baram-Tsabari

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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