---
title: "Science & Cyberspace: What User Behavior Means for Science Educators"
description: "This speech discusses the challenges and opportunities for the science community associated with more and more people turning to the internet for news and information about science."
date: "2008-04-28"
authors:
  - name: "John B. Horrigan"
    job_title: "Former Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/john-b-horrigan/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2008/04/28/science-cyberspace-what-user-behavior-means-for-science-educators/"
tags:
  - "Science"
---

# Science & Cyberspace: What User Behavior Means for Science Educators

This speech, given as a keynote at the 2008 Leadership Initiative in Science Education, discusses the challenges and opportunities for the science community associated as many people use the internet for news and information about science. Although the internet is a great place to access information, at the same time, it undercuts the traditional media bullhorns that have been effective for dissemination of science news and information