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The post-journalist’s toolbox - Trends in digital storytelling

Nicola Bruno — 2011-12-21T10:13:33Z

Based on the stories collected in the essay La Scimmia che Vinse il Pulitzer. Personaggi, avventure e (buone) notizie dal futuro dell’informazione [The ...

Science journalism and digital storytelling

Nico Pitrelli — 2011-12-21T10:12:23Z

Among the most interesting aspects of the changes in the media ecosystem a leading role is played by the impact of digital and networking technologies on ...

Science journalism and fact checking

Maximilian Schäfer — 2011-12-21T10:12:51Z

At first glance it all seems so easy – scientists create new knowledge, and through their work they show which statements about the world are true and which ...

Telling science stories in an evolving digital media ecosystem: from communication to conversation and confrontation

Richard Holliman — 2011-12-21T10:11:48Z

The globalised digital media ecosystem can be characterised as both dynamic and disruptive. Developments in digital technologies relate closely to emerging ...

Know your genes. The marketing of direct-to-consumer genetic testing

Alessandro Delfanti — 2011-09-21T09:26:29Z

Genetic testing promises to put the ability to decide about our life choices in our hands, as well as help solve crucial health problems by preventing the ...

DCGT: the individual's benefits above all

Donato Ramani — 2011-09-21T09:23:26Z

Easy, cheap, efficient as online service often are. Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing (DCGT) represents a big evolution towards personalised medicine. If ...

Of deterritorialization, healthism and biosocialities: the companies' marketing and users' experiences of online genetics

Pascal Ducournau — 2011-09-21T09:23:26Z

Since the early 2000s, anybody can buy genetic tests, directly sold on the Internet. These tests provide information about susceptibilities to some diseases ...

From symptomatic to pre-symptomatic patient: the tide of personal genomics

Marina Levina — 2011-09-21T09:23:26Z

Personal Genomics Companies are an emerging form of biotechnology startup that bring rapidly advancing whole genome technologies to a variety of commercial ...

Predictive or preposterous? The marketing of DTC genetic testing

Timothy Caulfield — 2011-09-21T09:23:26Z

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has generated a great deal of social controversy. While the degree to which DTC testing actually causes harm ...

Genomics' problem of communication

Jenny Reardon — 2011-09-21T09:23:26Z

Since opening their doors in late 2006, personal genomics (PG) companies have faced skepticism and criticism from influential academic and government ...

Science and the Internet: be fruitful and multiply?

Sveva Avveduto — 2011-06-21T07:32:03Z

What role and citizenship has the scientific thought on the web, or rather on the social side of the web? Does it benefit from the debate between peers and ...

The Internet phenomenon

Domenico Laforenza — 2011-06-21T07:32:05Z

The Internet has become a worldwide phenomenon. It is undeniable that the Net has forcefully entered everyday life, ceasing to be a useful tool only for a ...

Social Networks, a Populated Picture

Fabio Fornasari — 2011-06-21T06:32:03Z

Man, by his very nature, puts things between himself and the environment, turning the latter into a place, a space. He arranges the environment around him ...

Access to news on line: myths, risks and facts

Lella Mazzoli — 2011-06-21T06:32:03Z

Although the debates on the Internet (sceptical, enthusiastic and finally more mature ones) in our country started in the mid 90s, it is only over the past ...

Science books and networks in the Renaissance. An interview with Adrian Johns

Adrian Johns — 2011-03-21T11:51:22Z

The interview portrays the role of scientific books during the Renaissance. Books written within the tradition of skilled technical and intellectual ...