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Arko Olesk is a lecturer and a PhD student in the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School at Tallinn University. He holds a MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. In his PhD project Arko studies the interaction between scientists and media under the conception of mediatization of science. As a journalist. he has been twice awarded the national award for the popularization of science. Arko is the chair of the advisory board of the national science communication programme TeaMe+. As a researcher, he also works on the topic of environment communication.

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Email: arko.olesk@tlu.ee

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Olesk, A. (2017). Beyond propaganda: science coverage in Soviet Estonian media. Journal of Science Communication, 16 (3). DOI: 10.22323/2.16030206.

Scheu, A. M., Olesk, A. (2018). National Contextual Influences on Mediatization: The Comparison of Science Decision Makers in Estonia and Germany. Science Communication, 40 (3), 366−392. DOI: 10.1177/1075547018766917.

Olesk, A. (2019). Mediatization of a Research Group: The Estonian Student Satellite ESTCube-1. Science Communication, 41 (2), 196−221. DOI: 10.1177/1075547018824102.

Olesk, A. (2019). Media coverage of a strongly mediatized research project: the case of the Estonian satellite ESTCube-1. Mediální studia / Media Studies, 13 (1), 7−27.

Olesk, A., Kaal, E., Toom, K. (2019). The possibilities of Open Science for knowledge transfer in the science-policy interface. Journal of Science Communication, 18 (3). DOI: 10.22323/2.18030203.
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