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  • 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 ... »
  • Science journalism and fact checking
    Date: 12/21/2011
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    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 are false. Science journalists pass these new discoveries on so that as many people as possible can learn about them and understand them. Prior to publication, it is the job of "fact checkers ... »
  • The post-journalist’s toolbox – Trends in digital storytelling
    Date: 12/21/2011
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Based on the stories collected in the essay La Scimmia che Vinse il Pulitzer. Personaggi, avventure e (buone) notizie dal futuro dell’informazione [The Monkey Who Won the Pulitzer. Characters, Adventures and (Good) News from the Future of Information, translator’s note] here we provide an outline of the main trends in the current digital ... »
  • Telling science stories in an evolving digital media ecosystem: from communication to conversation and confrontation
    Date: 12/21/2011
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    The globalised digital media ecosystem can be characterised as both dynamic and disruptive. Developments in digital technologies relate closely to emerging social practices. In turn these are influencing, and are influenced by, the political economy of professional media and user-generated content, and the introduction of political and ... »
  • Digital Media and Technology in Afterschool Programs, Libraries, and Museums
    Date: 12/12/2011
    Resource Category!: Reference Materials
    Digital media and technology have become culturally and economically powerful parts of contemporary middle-class American childhoods. Immersed in various forms of digital media as well as mobile and Web-based technologies, young people today appear to develop knowledge and skills through participation in media. This MacArthur Report examines the ... »
  • Communication and learning structures that facilitate transfer of knowledge at innovation transition points
    Date: 12/09/2011
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    Innovation processes are rarely smooth and disruptions often occur at transition points were one knowledge domain passes the technology on to another domain. At these transition points communication is a key component in assisting the smooth hand over of technologies. However for smooth transitions to occur we argue that appropriate structures ... »
  • NASA Summer of Innovation: Excellence in Summer Learning Benchmarking Study
    Date: 12/06/2011
    Resource Category!: Reference Materials
    This study conducted on NASA's Summer of Innovation programs identifies best practices for summer and afterschool programming. ... »
  • What kind of a science is sustainability science?
    Date: 12/06/2011
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    Sustainability science, as described by the PNAS website, is “…an emerging field of research dealing with the interactions between natural and social systems, and with how those interactions affect the challenge of sustainability: meeting the needs of present and future generations while substantially reducing poverty and conserving the planet's ... »
  • Poster - Developing a tool for asessing scientists' views about, knowledge of, and skills in science communication
    Date: 12/02/2011
    Resource Category!: Conference Proceedings
    This poster about attitudes toward science communication was presented at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco. (Abstract #ED51C-0768) ... »
  • Conference Proposal Summary: Planning Meeting to Develop an Annual STEM Media Producers Consortium and Conference
    Date: 12/01/2011
    Resource Category!: Project Descriptions
    Twin Cities Public Television in collaboration with a committee of STEM media professionals will organize a one-day conference devoted to network building and planning for an inaugural, multi-day STEM Media Producers Conference in 2013 or 2014. Professional organizations and conferences are well-known and effective means of building community and ... »

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