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  • A "Global Viewport" for Virtual Exploration of Deep-sea vents: Using Spherical Displays to Advance Public Literacy in Earth System Science
    Date: 12/27/2014
    Resource Category!: Evaluation Reports
    The Global Viewport project was an integrative collaboration between the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and. the New Bedford Oceanarium Corporation dba Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport (hereafter, Ocean Explorium). The main thematic area that was addressed is Improving Public Earth System Science Literacy. A main objective of ... »
  • Children’s University: sound language styles in a radio programme for/with children
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    This essay intends to present and reflect on the production and reception of sound language styles in a radio programme discussing science called Universidade das Criancas UFMG (UFMG Children’s University). This programme, aimed at children, is broadcast on the UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais) Educational Radio Station, located in Belo ... »
  • Science festivals: do they succeed in reaching beyond the ‘already engaged’?
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    The cultural phenomenon of ‘science festivals’ is ever expanding throughout the world, as universities, city and regional governments, and science engagement professionals alike embrace the concept of a focused ‘celebration’ of science. In the past however science festivals have been criticized for neglecting underrepresented audiences. This ... »
  • When science makes us who we are: known and speculative impacts of science festivals
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Science festivals (or just “festivals”) are currently ascendant in the United States with more than 40 new initiatives emerging in just the past 5 years, but their story is not so easily told. The schedule of any one individual festival may contain a staggering array of events, and each festival is different both from year to year, and from other ... »
  • From liquid nitrogen to public engagement and city planning: the changing role of science events
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Public understanding of science has been replaced by engagement and participation, and science events, like festivals and science days, have become significant actors by offering direct contacts between scientists, public and policy-makers, as opportunities to engage and participate. After more than 20 years of festivals and events, the need for ... »
  • National Science Festival of Thailand: historical roots, current activities and future plans of the National Science Fair
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Thailand’s National Science Fair is an annual two-week event held to promote science, encourage learning and prove that science is for everyone. Derived from the first ‘Thai National Science Day’ in 1982, the fair now hosts over 1 million visitors, with exhibits from over 50 national and international companies and institutions from governmental, ... »
  • The Caribbean’s best science festival: NIHERST’s Sci-TechKnoFest
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    For the past thirty years, The National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST), Trinidad and Tobago, has been a pioneering force in science popularization both locally and regionally. The biennial NIHERST Sci-TechKnoFest is the Caribbean’s premier science festival, having hosted seven large-scale events catering ... »
  • Einstein’s Garden 2009–2014: unexpected encounters with science
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Creating science content for cultural contexts in which the audience are not primarily motivated by an interest in science, can provide exciting opportunities for experimenting with new approaches to science engagement. This article explores some of the learning gained, and practical methodologies developed by Einstein’s Garden, the science, ... »
  • Social networks and popular understanding of science and health: sharing disparities
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    In this book, Brian G. Southwell discusses how disparities in information-sharing arise and what can be done to alleviate them. In all sorts of ways and for all sorts of reasons, people have always sought to share information among their family and other social networks. However, this sharing has never been equal: inevitably, some people are ... »
  • Exploring serendipitous dialogue
    Date: 12/19/2014
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Over the past decades there has been an increasing recognition of the need to promote dialogue between science and society. Often this takes the form of formal processes, such as citizen’s juries, that are designed to allow the public to contribute their views on particular scientific research areas. But there are also many less formal mechanisms ... »

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