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  • Science and communication in Brazil: evolution, globalization, and contingencies
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    The scientific institution in Brazil is marching to a good rhythm. Despite problems in funding (and in the very irregular distribution of such funds), universities and private research centers changed and grew over the last few years. In 1999, Brazil (whose external debt is over 50% of GDP), invested 0.87% of GDP in Research & Development: a ... »
  • Science, Communication and Society in Brazil, the narrative of deficit
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    If there is a peculiarity in the way of doing science and in the way of communicating science in Brazil, it is in the use of the idea of "deficit" in political and economic discourses, as well as in the discourses of socio-technical networks. Our proposal here is not to affirm or reject the existence of this deficit, but rather to understand its ... »
  • Cultural distance between peoples’ worldview and scientific knowledge in the area of public health
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    The objective of the present paper is an attempt to measure the public understanding of science in the area of health and hygiene and test the efficacy of "cultural distance model". A pre-tested open-ended questionnaire was used for administering cross-sectional surveys at a religio-cultural festival in India. 3484 individuals were interviewed and ... »
  • Science on air: the role of radio in science communication
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    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 ... »
  • Function, audiences and publics of contemporary radio: a challenge for researchers
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Contemporary radio is under-studied by academic researchers, while on the contrary it expresses great exigencies of knowledge. Media studies examined deeply radio when it was the mainstream medium, i.e. in the Thirties, especially in the US also for marketing needs of a largely commercial broadcasting system. ... »
  • Choices that Make Radio Science Stories
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    What makes a science story? Behind the scene there are many choices: what, how and when to broadcast. Decisions are made according to the general criteria of news values to which we add two groups: personal and emerging criteria. General criteria of choices are news values for the science stories. According to Tonner, stories containing human ... »
  • BBC radio science: challenges and opportunities
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Historical background - The BBC Radio Science Unit has its roots in two radio networks, going back more than 40 years. In the late 1950s, BBC External Services (now World Service), appointed a science correspondent and began a weekly science magazine programme. Initially called `Science and Industry', it changed its name in about 1964 to `Science ... »
  • Innovations to enrich science communication through radio
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    The Radio is an instrument of communication that has percolated to all the strata of the diverse Indian society. Its position has been consolidated through history as a regular companion and a source of information and entertainment. Its affordability, accessibility and non-reliance on costly resources have ensured its presence in almost all the ... »
  • Is Darwin on the cross?
    Date: 12/21/2004
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    The question was raised in the 4th November copy of The New York Times when it entitled the editorial of Garry Wills (political and cultural historian), regarding the re-election of George W. Bush, "The Day the Enlightenment Went Out". Wills' theory, with which the directors of the newspaper palpably concur, is that Bush was re-elected because " ... »
  • Cyberchase Museum Outreach Initiative Needs Assessment - FULL REPORT
    Date: 12/20/2004
    Resource Category!: Evaluation Reports
    WNET planned an initiative to involve museums in the outreach associated with Season V of Cyberchase. A written feedback survey gathered information from 32 museums as to their current practices and recommendations with respect to museum kits, discovery carts, discovery boxes, video screenings and educational computer games. The goal of the survey ... »

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