Sarah S Goodwin

Biographic Data

ID6632645
NAMESarah S Goodwin
GIVEN NAMESSarah S
FAMILY NAMEGoodwin
SIGNATUREGOODWIN S S
AFFILIATIONSScience Communication Lab, Berkeley, CA, USA
ORCID0000-0003-4686-0914
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Forming Relationships With Scientists Through Film

    Open AccessNicole M Krause, Emily L Howell et al.ARTICLEScience Communication2026

    Drawing on open-ended responses from a national U.S. survey ( N = 630) of viewers of Observer , a documentary film featuring scientists engaged in practices of observation, we examine how audiences explained trust, identification, and perceived value alignment with the film’s characters, most of whom were explicitly identified as scientists. Participants most often cited relational and affective qualities—curiosity, authenticity, attentiveness, a…

  • Storytelling in Science Film

    Open AccessEmily L Howell, Shannon L Behrman et al.ARTICLEScience Communication2024References: 6

    To explore narrative engagement’s impacts on science communication, we examine a representative sample of U.S. adults randomly assigned to watch one of the four short documentary science films. Our results indicate that narrative engagement—feeling connected to the story world and identifying with characters—predicts a wide range of outcomes relevant to engagement and learning: greater knowledge gain and perceived knowledge and interest, perceivi…