[P2P-F] Fwd: JCOM 10(2) - new issue - June 2011, science and the internet

Tue Jun 21 10:51:20 CEST 2011

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Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:12 PM
Subject: JCOM 10(2) - new issue - June 2011
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Dear all, we announce that the June 2011 issue of JCOM - Journal of Science
Communication - (issue 2, 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 September 2011.

CONTENTS:
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EDITORIAL

Where is public communication of science going?

Alessandro Delfanti

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 of the network of scholars
that founded it and the expansion of its boundaries outside the European
context from which it was created. JCOM is a part of this network, made up
not only of individuals but also of organisations, university departments,
journals, national conferences and so on.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29E/

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ARTICLE

Science as theatre: a New Zealand history of performances and exhibitions

Peter Hodder

In colonial times in New Zealand the portrayal of science to the public had
a sense of theatre, with nineteenth and early twentieth century grand
exhibitions of a new nation’s resources and its technological achievements
complemented by spectacular public lectures and demonstrations by visitors
from overseas and scientific ‘showmen’. However, from 1926 to the mid-1990s
there were few public displays of scientific research and its applications,
corresponding to an inward-looking science regime presided over by the
Government science agency, the Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research. The subsequent development of science centres with their emphasis
on visitor participation has led to an increase in the audience for science
and a revival of theatricality in presentation of exhibitions, demonstration
lectures, café scientifiques, and science-related activities.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29A01/

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What are the features of non-expert opinions on regenerative medicine?
Opinion analysis of workshop participants

Chie Nakagawa, Ekou Yagi, Kazuto Kato

Regenerative medicine (RM) has the potential to strongly impact on society.
To determine non-experts' impressions of RM, we analyzed opinions obtained
from workshops in which participants freely discussed RM. Three major
features were apparent. First, non-experts were most concerned with the
possible effects of RM after it has been fully realized in society. Second,
non-experts expressed concerns not only about RM itself, but also about the
governance and operation of the technology. Third, non-experts were not only
concerned about direct influences of RM, but also about its potential
indirect influences. These identified features are likely to be
controversial issues when RM is introduced into society. It is important to
promote early discussion of these issues by society as a whole.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29A02/

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>From journal to headline: the accuracy of climate science news in Danish
high quality newspapers

Gunver Lystbæk Vestergård

A significant number of mass media news stories on climate change quote
scientific publications. However, the journalistic process of popularizing
scientific research regarding climate change has been profoundly criticized
for being manipulative and inaccurate. This preliminary study used content
analysis to examine the accuracy of Danish high quality newspapers in
quoting scientific publications from 1997 to 2009. Out of 88 articles, 46
contained inaccuracies though the majority was found to be insignificant and
random. The study concludes that Danish broadsheet newspapers are
‘moderately inaccurate’ in quoting science publications but are not
deliberately hyping scientific claims. However, the study also shows that
11% contained confusion of source, meaning that statements originating from
press material or other news outlets were incorrectly credited to scientific
peer-reviewed publications.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29A03/

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COMMENT

Science and the Internet: be fruitful and multiply?

Sveva Avveduto

What role and citizenship has the scientific thought on the web, or rather
on the social side of the web? Does it benefit from the debate between peers
and with the general public, or else does it only risk to become a
monologue? How to deal with the number of instruments the Internet is able
to provide in making, discussing and disseminating research? These are some
of the questions tackled by the reflections from scholars and experts which
were the basis for our debate.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29C01/

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The Internet phenomenon

Domenico Laforenza, Maurizio Martinelli, Davide Gualerzi

The Internet has become a worldwide phenomenon. It is undeniable that the
Net has forcefully entered everyday life, ceasing to be a useful tool only
for a small circle of researchers and academics, to become a new and
versatile means of mass communication. And measuring Internet access and
calculating the number of Internet users is not easy.
By using the domain names registered in the “.it” as an endogenous metric,
the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the Italian National Research
Council (IIT-CNR) carried out a research on Internet diffusion in Italy
taking into account some major categories of users (enterprises, non-profit
organizations, individuals, professionals and public bodies) and territorial
distribution (nation, macro-area, region and province). This research has
made it possible to carry out an initial analysis of the digital divide in
Italy.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29C01/Jcom1002%282011%29C02
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Access to news on line: myths, risks and facts

Lella Mazzoli

Although the debates on the Internet (sceptical, enthusiastic and finally
more mature ones) in our country started in the mid 90s, it is only over the
past few years that the Internet, especially thanks to social networks, has
become a daily practice for millions of Italians. Television still is the
main medium to spread information, but as it becomes increasingly cross-bred
with the Internet (and other media too), the information-spreading process
deeply changes. This creates, also in our country, the preconditions for the
development of a web public (an active and connected one), founded on the
new practices of multitasking and participatory information.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29C01/Jcom1002%282011%29C03
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Social networks, a populated picture

Fabio Fornasari

Man, by his very nature, puts things between himself and the environment,
turning the latter into a place, a space. He arranges the environment around
him on multiple levels, by projecting parts of himself and shaping the
frontiers and the horizons that surround, define and represent him. This was
learnt a long time ago, but a trace and a memory remain in the way man acts:
when mapping reality (both physical reality and the reality explored through
digital means), we observe it and find a way through it by adopting
behaviours that have always been similar. What has changed in this mapping
is the ability to recognise, especially the ability to interpret maps and
creatively work them.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/10/02/Jcom1002%282011%29C01/Jcom1002%282011%29C04

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