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  • Short training courses in science communication. Why? To whom? What?
    Date: 12/15/2015
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    The design, delivery and evaluation of JCOM Masterclasses has given us the opportunity to reflect on the audiences, training needs and training schemes available to people working at different levels and in different contexts to communicate STEM subjects to a diverse variety of people. Although not always widely available, short courses in the ... »
  • Evaluating Impact And Quality Of Experience In The 21st Century: Using Technology To Narrow The Gap Between Science Communication Research And Practice
    Date: 09/29/2015
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    Access to high quality evaluation results is essential for science communicators to identify negative patterns of audience response and improve outcomes. However, there are many good reasons why robust evaluation linked is not routinely conducted and linked to science communication practice. This essay begins by identifying some of the common ... »
  • Highlighting The Value Of Impact Evaluation: Enhancing Informal Science Learning And Public Engagement Theory And Practice
    Date: 09/29/2015
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    King et al. [2015] argue that ‘emphasis on impact is obfuscating the valuable role of evaluation’ in informal science learning and public engagement (p. 1). The article touches on a number of important issues pertaining to the role of evaluation, informal learning, science communication and public engagement practice. In this critical response ... »
  • Moving forward, looking back
    Date: 03/31/2015
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    This issue sees the implementation of new designs for the JCOM website and articles and there are plans for further updates over the next year. In a recent survey, we have explored readers opinions of the journal with a view to introducing improvements. Your interests are diverse, which is not surprising for a field which ranges from books and ... »
  • Shared spaces: a future for JCOM
    Date: 06/05/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    As academic communities across the globe are increasingly encouraged to share their knowledge outside the ivory towers of academia, it becomes ever more important to create a bridge that crosses continents and disciplinary boundaries. Sitting, as it does, at the nexus between science communication practice and esearch, JCOM has a vital role to ... »
  • Science journalism and digital storytelling
    Date: 12/21/2011
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    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 the ways news reports are built. In this Jcom commentary, the issues of the relationship between digital storytelling and professional news production will focus on science journalism. The ... »
  • Where is public communication of science going?
    Date: 06/21/2011
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    We have published this issue of JCOM while the call for papers is open for the twelfth Public Communication of Science and Technology conference. The biennial meeting will be held in April 2012 and for the first time in Italy: the hosting city in Florence. The 2012 edition of the PCST conference is being held after more than twenty years of growth ... »