http://jcom.sissa.it All jcom articles daily 1 2008-10-22T07:04:59Z http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29A03 <p>Innovation processes are rarely smooth and disruptions often occur at transition points were one knowledge domain passes the technology on to another ... SISSA Medialab Ronald C. BeckettPaul Hyland Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Science communication: theories and models 2011-12-09T09:57:45Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29A02 <p>Currently, science is developing rapidly and its influence on society is more significant than ever. This is all the more reason for today’s scientists to ... SISSA Medialab Eri MizumachiKentaro MatsudaKei KanoMasahiro KawakamiKazuto Kato Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Public communication of and discourses on science and technology Public engagement with science and technology 2011-11-28T07:04:01Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29A01 <p>This article examines communicative aspects of climate change, identifying and analysing metaphors used in specialized media reports on climate change, and ... SISSA Medialab Therese Asplund Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Science and media Environment communication Images and representations of science and technology 2011-10-26T08:45:25Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/03/Jcom1003%282011%29A04 <p>Comprehension of the nature and practice of science and its social context are important aspects of communicating and learning science. However there is ... SISSA Medialab Giovanni Lo IaconoAdélia S.A.T. de Paula Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Public engagement with science and technology Science, technology, art and literature Images and representations of science and technology 2011-09-21T09:26:29Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/03/Jcom1003%282011%29A03 <p>There exists a distinct disconnect between scientists’ perception of nature and people’s worldview. This ‘disconnect’ though has dialectical relationship ... SISSA Medialab Gauhar RazaP.V.S. KumarSurjit Singh Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2011-09-15T15:30:47Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/03/Jcom1003%282011%29A02 <p>This paper compares opinion-leading newspapers’ frames of stem cell research in the UK and South Korea from 2000 to 2008. The change of news frames, studied ... SISSA Medialab Leo Kim Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Democracy and science communication Public communication of and discourses on science and technology Images and representations of science and technology 2011-07-25T01:36:19Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/03/Jcom1003%282011%29A01 <p>This article presents key results of a ten-year study of media coverage of agricultural biotechnology in the Philippines, the only country in Asia to date ... SISSA Medialab Mariechel J. NavarroJenny A. PanopioDonna Bae MalayangNoel Amano Jr. Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Science and media Science communication in the Developing World 2011-07-11T05:28:11Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29A03 <p>A significant number of mass media news stories on climate change quote scientific publications. However, the journalistic process of popularizing ... SISSA Medialab Gunver Lystbæk Vestergård Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Science and media History of public communication of science Environment communication 2011-06-10T02:59:19Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29A02 <p>Regenerative medicine (RM) has the potential to strongly impact on society. To determine non-experts’ impressions of RM, we analyzed opinions obtained from ... SISSA Medialab Chie NakagawaEkou YagiKazuto Kato Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Public communication of and discourses on science and technology Perceptions of science and technology Images and representations of science and technology 2011-05-22T23:26:45Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29A01 <p>In colonial times in New Zealand the portrayal of science to the public had a sense of theatre, with nineteenth and early twentieth century grand ... SISSA Medialab Peter Hodder Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works History of public communication of science Science centers and museums 2011-05-13T05:02:45Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/01/Jcom1001%282011%29A03 <p>The way policy makers mobilize scientific knowledge in order to formulate environmental policies is important for understanding the developmental process of ... SISSA Medialab Maria José CarneiroTeresa da-Silva-Rosa Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2011-03-21T11:49:33Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/01/Jcom1001%282011%29A02 <p>This article examines the public at a science exhibition or festival and tries to determine whether casual visitors are a means of expanding the audience. ... SISSA Medialab Fabienne Crettaz von Roten Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Democracy and science communication Public communication of and discourses on science and technology 2011-03-13T23:10:06Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/01/Jcom1001%282011%29A01 <p>A survey we carried out in upper secondary schools showed that the majority of the students consider physics as an important resource, yet as essentially ... SISSA Medialab Marina CarpinetiMichela CavinatoMarco GilibertiNicola LudwigLaura Perini Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Public engagement with science and technology Perceptions of science and technology Science, technology, art and literature 2011-03-09T12:42:33Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/09/04/Jcom0904%282010%29A03 <p>Media and communications technologies play a significant role in disaster management procedures in regards to the mobilization of resources in emergency ... SISSA Medialab Sony Jalarajan RajMohammad Sahid UllahRawshon Akhter Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2010-12-21T08:26:37Z Article http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/09/04/Jcom0904%282010%29A02 <p>Science journalism usually focuses on achievements presented in scientific papers previously published in specialized journals. In this paper we argue that ... SISSA Medialab Carlos FioravantiLea Velho Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2010-12-14T11:14:50Z Article