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…
ITALIANS AND BLOOD DONATION
Italian health activities increasingly require the contribution of transfusion medicine. Despite the fact that Italy as a whole has now reached self-sufficiency, regional differences in the availability of blood are still significant and critical situations are regularly reported in which the resources offered by voluntary donation may not be sufficient to cover the needs. For…
Quality in science communication
Second edition of the Venice Science Communication Symposia On the 15th and 16th of January, some of the major international experts in science communication met for the second time, in the context of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. The focus of this year’s Symposium was “Quality in the Communication of Science”. Coordinated…
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