Science Communication: From Transmission to Conversation

Over the past few years, there have been notable signs in Europe and the United States of a major shift in how the scientific community views public communication. Left behind is the assumption that simply informing an audience of the facts of science will meaningfully alter perceptions or decisions. Instead, on issues ranging from global…

Better Live than Online

By Federico Neresini Researchers’ blogs and research institutes’ websites are acquiring the status of credible sources of information on scientific issues, even though television programmes remain at the lead in this context. Almost one Italian out of two considers the former channels reliable, while 31% (especially concentrated in the sector of public older in age…