Publications

Journal Articles

1. Sharon, A. J., Telem, L., & Heyd-Metzuyanim, E. (2024). How learners perceive inter-disciplinary dialogic science-related learning experiences: A mixed-method study. Scientia in educatione. Advance online publication. https://ojs.cuni.cz/scied/index
2. Zoubi, K.*, Sharon, A. J.*, Nitzany, E., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2022). Science, maddá and ‘ilm: The language divide in scientific information available to internet users. Public Understanding of Science, 31(1), 2–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625211022975
3. Dalyot, K., Sharon, A. J., Barel Ben-David, Y., Orr, D., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2021). Public engagement with science in everyday life: Perceptions of Wi-Fi radiation risks in schools. Research in Science Education, 51(Suppl 2), S1035–S1054. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-019-09894-w
4. Heyd-Metzuyanim, E., Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2021). Mathematical media literacy in the COVID-19 pandemic and its relation to school mathematics education. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 108, 201–225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10075-8
5. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2020). Can science literacy help individuals identify misinformation in everyday life? Science Education, 104(5), 873–894. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21581
6. Sharon, A. J., Yom-Tov, E., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2020). Vaccine information seeking on social Q&A services. Vaccine, 38(12), 2691–2699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.010
7. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2020). The experts’ perspective of “ask-an-expert”: An interview-based study of online nutrition and vaccination outreach. Public Understanding of Science, 29(3), 252–269. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662519899884
8. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2018). Inyan Shel Emun: Hasesanut Horim Klape H̱issune Shigra BaYaldut [A matter of trust: Parental hesitancy towards routine childhood vaccines]. Guf Yeda, 16, 11–18. (👁️ See comment below!)
9. Segev, E., & Sharon, A. J. (2017). Temporal patterns of scientific information-seeking on Google and Wikipedia. Public Understanding of Science, 26(8), 969–985. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662516648565
10. Kahle, K.*, Sharon, A. J.*, & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2016). Footprints of fascination: Digital traces of public engagement with particle physics on CERN’s social media platforms. PLOS ONE, 11(5), e0156409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156409
11. Sharon, A. J.*, & Baram-Tsabari, A.* (2014). Measuring mumbo jumbo: A preliminary quantification of the use of jargon in science communication. Public Understanding of Science, 23(5), 528–546. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662512469916

Manuscripts in Preparation

1. Sharon, A. J., Ben-Dor, N., & Heyd-Metzuyanim, E. (2023). Conceptualizing and measuring dialogic climate: The Dialogic Climate Inventory (DCI). Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Book Chapters

1. Garty, E. S., Hirsch-Choritz, N., Landsman, K., Lerner, U., Netzer, I. M.*, & Sharon, A. J.* (2023). Online public outreach to promote public health – Insights from Israeli non-governmental organizations. In T. Ginossar, S. F. A. Shah, & D. Weiss (Eds.), Communicating about vaccines online: Understanding and counteracting misinformation, rumors, and lies (pp. 125–146). Palgrave Macmillan.
2. Baram-Tsabari, A., Segev, E., & Sharon, A. J. (2016). What’s new? The applications of data mining and big data in the social sciences. In N. G. Fielding, R. M. Lee & G. Blank (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of online research methods (2nd ed., pp. 92–107). SAGE Publications.

Papers Presented at International Conferences

1. Zoubi, K., Sharon, A. J., Nitzany, E., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2021, August). Science, maddá and ‘ilm: The language divide in scientific information available to internet users [Paper presentation]. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 2021 Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2021, May). Experts’ bounded engagement with publics: An interview-based study of online nutrition and vaccination outreach [Paper presentation]. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) 2020+1 Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
3. Sharon, A. J., Yom-Tov, E., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2021, May). How do individuals evaluate the trustworthiness of vaccine information on social Q&A platforms? In F. Hendriks (Chair), Which individual characteristics are related to people attending to, and trusting science? [Symposium]. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) 2020+1 Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
4. Baram-Tsabari, A., Heyd-Metzuyanim, E., & Sharon, A. J. (2021, May). Public understanding of the mathematical aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper presentation]. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) 2020+1 Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
5. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2020, March). Can laypeople identify and judge scientific expertise in the context of vaccines? NARST 2020 Annual International Conference [Paper presentation], Portland, OR, United States. (Conference canceled)
6. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2019, April). Understanding community-level science literacy: The case of experts’ outreach on Facebook groups [Poster presentation]. National Academies’ Sackler Colloquium, Advancing the Science and Practice of Science Communication: Misinformation about Science in the Public Sphere, Irvine, CA, United States.
7. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2019, March). Understanding community-level science literacy: The case of experts’ outreach on Facebook groups [Poster presentation]. NARST 2019 Annual International Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.
8. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2019, March). Can science literacy help individuals identify misinformation in everyday life? [Paper presentation]. NARST 2019 Annual International Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.
9. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2018). Science literacy in controversial contexts: An epistemic balancing act. In Kay, J. & Luckin, R. (Eds.). Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age: Making the Learning Sciences Count, 13th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2018 (Vol. 3, pp. 1467-1468). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
10. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2018). Experts’ goals and constraints when discussing vaccines with laypeople on a Facebook group. In Kay, J. & Luckin, R. (Eds.). Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age: Making the Learning Sciences Count, 13th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2018 (Vol. 1, pp. 416-423). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
11. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2017, August). Drawing water from wells: Science literacy, epistemic trust and open-mindedness [Paper presentation]. European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) 2017 Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
12. Segev, E., & Sharon, A. J. (2016, June). Temporal patterns of scientific information-seeking on Google and Wikipedia [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association (ICA) 2016 Annual Conference, Fukuoka, Japan.
13. Kahle, K., Baram-Tsabari, A., Sharon, A. J., & Biron, L. (2016, April). Footprints of fascination: Digital traces of public engagement with particle physics on social media [Paper presentation]. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) 2016 Conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
14. Korenblum, E., Massalha, H., Sharon, A. J., & Aharoni, A. (2015, June). Root exudates shape bacterial community, and vice versa [Paper presentation]. Rhizosphere 4, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
15. Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2013, October). Measuring mumbo jumbo: A preliminary quantification of the use of jargon in science communication [Paper presentation]. The 39th International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) Annual Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Papers Presented at National Conferences

1. Zoubi, K., Sharon, A. J., Nitzany, E., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2021). Science, maddá and ‘ilm: Differences in the quality of scientific information available to internet users in three languages. In I. Blau, A. Caspi, Y. Eshet-Alkalai, N. Geri, Y. Kalman & T. Lauterman (Eds.), Learning in the digital era: Proceedings of the 16th Chais conference for the study of innovation and learning technologies (pp. 35E-48E). The Open University of Israel. Winner of the Best Student Paper Award.
2. Sharon, A. J., Dalyot, K., & Barel-Ben David, Y. (2018, February). Challenges in the use of qualitative research methods to study science literacy [Paper presentation]. The 8th Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference of Qualitative Research, Be’er Sheva, Israel.
3. Kahle, K., Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2016). Footprints of fascination: Digital traces of public engagement with particle physics on CERN’s social media platforms. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman & V. Silber-Varod (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Chais conference for the study of innovation and learning technologies: Learning in the technological era (pp. 41E-47E). The Open University of Israel. Shortlisted as a finalist for the Best Student Paper Award.
4. Kahle, K., Sharon A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2015, June). A quantitative analysis of public engagement with science on CERN’s social media platforms [Paper presentation]. The 6th Israeli Science Communication Conference, Rehovot, Israel.
5. Segev E., Sharon A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2014). Dfusim BeH̱ippuse Meda Madda’i BeGoogle UveWikipedia Le’Orekh Tsir HaZman [Temporal patterns of scientific information-seeking on Google and Wikipedia]. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, V. Silber-Varod, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th Chais conference for the study of innovation and learning technologies: Learning in the technological era (pp. ע200–ע193). The Open University of Israel.
6. Segev, E., Sharon, A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2013, November). Temporal patterns of scientific information-seeking on Google and Wikipedia [Paper presentation]. The 5th Israeli Science Communication Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel.
7. Sharon A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2013). Maddá BaSafa Shelanu: Maddad Jargon LeHa’arakhat HaBehirut BeTikshoret HaMaddá [Science in our language: A jargon index for evaluating clarity in science communication]. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th Chais conference for the study of innovation and learning technologies: Learning in the technological era (pp. ע225–ע216). The Open University of Israel.
8. Sharon A. J., & Baram-Tsabari, A. (2012, June). Measuring mumbo jumbo: A jargon index for evaluating clarity in science communication [Paper presentation]. The 4th Israeli Science Communication Conference, Haifa, Israel.