The project OPEN aims to investigate the central communication function at academic institutions, i.e. the PR/Communications offices in Portugal, the UK, Germany, Italy and Turkey and relationships with the meso-level, i.e. with the RIs that they host. This innovative study moves beyond previous ones given the new type of data collected, its scale and comparability.…
CONCISE project aims to generate a European-wide debate on science communication, involving a wide array of stakeholders, from media outlets to policy makers, from scientists to business companies, from science communicators to civil society organisations. CONCISE aims at providing qualitative knowledge through citizen consultation on the means/channels (media and social networks, life experience, relatives, religion,…
Go to the Science and Technology in Society Monitor by Observa. In 2013 the media most frequently used by Italians to inform about science and technology are: firstly the television, secondly newspapers, thirdly magazines, fourthly Internet sites and blogs, and finally the radio. At least once a week about half of Italians watches television or…
The new data from the Science and Technology in Society Monitor on “Italians, science and digital technologies”, published in the seventh edition of the Observa Science in Society Facts and Figures (Il Mulino publishing house). In 2010, the exposure to scientific contents has increased among Italians, but also critical judgments towards science has risen. And…