[P2P-F] Fwd: JCOM 10(4) - new issue - December 2011

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From: <jcom-eo at jcom.sissa.it>
Date: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 6:04 PM
Subject: JCOM 10(4) - new issue - December 2011
To: michelsub2004 at gmail.com

Dear all, we announce that the December 2011 issue of JCOM - Journal of
Science Communication - (issue 4, volume 10)

http://jcom.sissa.it/

is online.

Comments, remarks and papers by you are kindly requested.

Next issue will be online on the 21st March 2012.

CONTENTS:
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ARTICLE

Metaphors in climate discourse: an analysis of Swedish farm magazines

Therese Asplund

This article examines communicative aspects of climate change, identifying
and analysing metaphors used in specialized media reports on climate
change, and discussing the aspects of climate change these metaphors
emphasize and neglect. Through a critical discourse analysis of the two
largest Swedish farm magazines over the 2000-2009 period, this study finds
that greenhouse, war, and game metaphors were the most frequently used
metaphors in the material. The analysis indicates that greenhouse metaphors
are used to ascribe certain natural science characteristics to climate
change, game metaphors to address positive impacts of climate change, and
war metaphors to highlight negative impacts of climate change. The paper
concludes by discussing the contrasting and complementary metaphorical
representations farm magazines use to conventionalize climate change.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29A01/

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Scientists' attitudes toward a dialogue with the public: a study using
"science cafes"

Eri Mizumachi, Kentaro Matsuda, Kei Kano, Masahiro Kawakami, Kazuto Kato

Currently, science is developing rapidly and its influence on society is
more significant than ever. This is all the more reason for today's
scientists to interact with the general public. To design effective science
communication activities, we must understand scientists' motivations and
barriers to publicly communicating science. In this study, we interviewed
19 early-career scientists who had participated in science cafes in Japan.
>From these interviews, we identified five factors leading to their
reluctance to participate in science cafes: 1) troublesome or
time-consuming; 2) pressure to be an appropriate science representative; 3)
outside the scope of their work; 4) could not perceive any benefit; and 5)
apprehension about dialogue with the public. Among these factors,
apprehension about dialogue may be the clearest reflection of the
scientists' underlying feelings about this form of communication and an
indicator of more intrinsic barriers to engaging in science cafes.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29A02/

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Communication and learning structures that facilitate transfer of knowledge
at innovation transition points

Ronald C. Beckett, Paul Hyland

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 have to be in
place and boundary spanning activities need to be facilitated. This paper
presents three case studies of innovation processes and the findings
support the view that structures and boundary spanning are essential for
smooth transitions. We have explained the need to pass primary
responsibility between agents to successfully bring an innovation to
market. We have also shown the need to combine knowledge through effective
communication so that absorptive capacity is built in process throughout
the organisation rather than in one or two key individuals.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29A03/

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COMMENT

Science journalism and digital storytelling

Nico Pitrelli

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 commentary will deal with
theoretical reflections and practical examples of innovative experiences in
which different narration methods were exploited for scientific information.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29C01/

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Science journalism and fact checking

Maximilian Schafer

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" to examine the
journalists' texts to ensure that all the facts are correctly represented.
In reality, however, the relationship between the actors is by far more
complicated. Using my experience as fact checker of scientific texts for
the news magazine "DER SPIEGEL", I would like to comment in this essay on
where I see the main problems of fact checking in scientific journalism to
be, and on the changes that have come about through the use of the Internet
and the availability of smartphones and tablet computers.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29C01/Jcom1004%282011%29C02

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The post-journalist's toolbox - Trends in digital storytelling

Nicola Bruno

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 information
scenario. Beyond the much feared crisis of information, we are actually
witnessing the appearance of a great number of initiatives and projects
which attempt to keep last century's journalism values alive (though with
many economic contradictions). Any journalist, even in the science field,
who is interested in communicating in an innovative way can rely on a set
of instruments - from the timeline to live coverage, passing through
fact-checking - which can change the reporter-reader relation.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29C01/Jcom1004%282011%29C03

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Telling science stories in an evolving digital media ecosystem: from
communication to conversation and confrontation

Richard Holliman

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 institutional
governance and policies. Together this wider context provides opportunities
and challenges for science communication practitioners and researchers.
The globalised digital media ecosystem allows for, but does not guarantee,
that a wider range of range of contributors can participate in storytelling
about the sciences. At the same time, new tools are emerging that
facilitate novel ways of representing digital data. As a result,
researchers are reconceptualising ideas about the relationship between
practices of production, content and consumption. In this paper I briefly
explore whether storytelling about the sciences is becoming more
distributed and participatory, shifting from communication to conversation
and confrontation.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/04/Jcom1004%282011%29C01/Jcom1004%282011%29C04

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