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a variety of media to meet the needs of diverse audiences
(Cash et al. 2003, Driscoll et al. 2011). Boundary spanning
refers to “practices and processes that facilitate bringing
science and society closer together in order to produce
‘useful’ information—that is, information that is salient,
credible, and legitimate” (McNie et al. 2008, p. 9). Building
credibility, salience, and legitimacy with stakeholders helps
to solidify long-term relationships and increases the influ-
ence of scientific research in the decisionmaking process
over time (Cash et al. 2003).
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