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issue 03, september 2005

editorialAmphibious Environments in Science Communication
Yurij Castelfranchi
21/09/2005

The historian Marshall Berman wrote that living in modern times means "to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, ...

focusWhat type of Science Communication best suits emerging countries?
Pietro Greco
21/09/2005

If we wish to attempt an initial analysis of the inquiry on the communication of science in Brazil, India and China that JCOM proposed in its three most ...

articleThe rotten, the disembowelled woman, the skinned man. Body images from Eighteenth century Florentine wax modelling
Francesco Paolo de Ceglia
21/09/2005

Florence's La Specola Museum stirs up strong emotions. Among its collections, the valuable anatomical wax models created between the end of 17th and the ...

articleScience Journalism in Latin America: A case study of seven newspapers in the region
Luisa Massarani, Bruno Buys, Luis Henrique Amorim, Fernanda Veneu
21/09/2005

The objective of this article is to present a panorama of the way in which journalistic coverage of science and technological themes is being carried out in ...

articleGenetics and biotechnologies in Italian mass media
Silvio Mini
21/09/2005

Several researchers operating in the sociological field have recently theorised that genetics and biotechnologies are at the core of the public perception ...

commentScience communication between scientists and publics in developing countries. A knowledge-sharing experience
Marzia Mazzonetto, Peter McGrath
21/09/2005

How does knowledge sharing affect scientists' everyday work in developing countries? And how important is it for the development not only of new scientific ...

reviewLearning in a museum. Building knowledge as a social activity.
Paola Rodari
09/12/2005

While the model for transmitting scientific information ­ a model that attributes the effects of a message on the public to the intent of the communicator ...