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Date of publication Jun 21, 2007 Category: Commentary

The Lisbon post-its: how science-in-society issues were reflected in the last ECSITE meetings

by Paola Rodari , Matteo Merzagora

ECSITE is the European network of science centres and museums (www.ecsite.net). The ECSITE Annual Conference, attended every year by several hundreds of professionals in science museums and science centres (870 at the last edition), and the ECSITE director forum, where full members of the association discuss on focused topics, are excellent observation points. Looking at what goes on in these meetings allows to track what is high on the agenda of the science-centre community, how the focus of interest moves, what are the main concerns of museum professionals.

Volume 6Issue 022007
Date of publication Mar 21, 2007 Category: Book Review

Jaap Willems and Winfried Goepfert (eds.), Science and the power of TV, VU University press and Da Vinci Institute, Amsterdam, 2006

by Matteo Merzagora

We live in a period where new media develops at amazing speed: the case of Youtube, becoming in few months one of the most visited website in the world, or the incredibly fast diffusion of audio and video podcasting, or the acquired relevance and authoritativeness of blogs in the dissemination of scientific information, are paradigmatic. Yet, there is little doubt that old media such as traditional television remain a reference for the largest sector of the population. Indeed, all surveys show that when dealing with scientific information, television remains the most relevant medium by a large majority of European (although in eastern Europe, due to a more trustful reputation, radio has also a particularly relevant position, and the internet is gaining favour among younger audiences).

Volume 6Issue 012007
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

La Città della scienza of Naples and its citizens

by Matteo Merzagora

Volume 1Issue 032002
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

"Un pubblico per la scienza. La divulgazione scientifica nell'Italia in formazione" of Paola Govoni

by Matteo Merzagora

Volume 2Issue 012003
Date of publication Dec 09, 2005 Category: Book Review

"Matematica, arte, tecnologia, cinema" of Michele Emmer, Mirella Manaresi (eds)

by Matteo Merzagora

Volume 2Issue 032003
Date of publication Dec 21, 2004 Category: Commentary

Science in Radio Broadcasting

by Matteo Merzagora

The international symposium Science on air: the role of radio in science communication was held in Trieste on 1 and 2 October, 2004. To our knowledge, it is the first conference ever specifically held on science in radio, and it is certainly the first time science radio journalists, researchers, and media experts from 16 different countries met to discuss their journalistic practice and the role of radio in science communication. The main results are presented in this section.

Science on air: the role of radio in science communication
by Matteo Merzagora

Function, audiences and publics of contemporary radio: a challenge for researchers
by Enrico Menduni

Choices that Make Radio Science Stories
by Blanka Jergovic

BBC radio science: challenges and opportunities
by Martin Redfern

Innovations to enrich science communication through radio
by Bhaumik Thakar

Volume 3Issue 042004
Date of publication Dec 21, 2004 Category: Commentary

Science on air: the role of radio in science communication

by Matteo Merzagora

The international symposium "Science on air: the role of radio in science communication" was held in Trieste on 1 and 2 October, 2004. To our knowledge, it is the first conference ever specifically held on science on radio, and it is certainly the first time science radio journalists, researchers, and media experts from 16 different countries met to discuss their journalistic practice and the role of radio in science communication. The main results are presented in this article.

Volume 3Issue 042004
Date of publication Jun 21, 2003 Category: Commentary

Television fiction as a tool for scientific controversies

by Matteo Merzagora

Science, cinema and television
by Antonella Testa

The secret trinity
by Jean-Claude Carrière

Volume 2Issue 022003
Date of publication Mar 21, 2002 Category: Article

Conversations between scientists and the public in radio phone-ins: an experimental approach to analyse public perception of science

by Matteo Merzagora , Sylvie Coyaud

"Il ciclotrone" is the weekly science programme of "Radio Popolare - Popolare Network". During the last 12 years, once or twice a month listeners have been able to directly ask questions to the guest scientists in the studios, or to express their point of view on some controversial scientific issue. Phone-ins at Radio Popolare are not filtered; regular and occasional listeners are used to communicate with or through the radio, and in doing so they contribute to the sense of spontaneity which characterise the programmes.

Volume 1Issue 012002

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