Dear friends,
A new issue of the peer-reviewed journal for science
communicators, Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal (CAPjournal),
is now available: http://www.capjournal.org/issues/10/.
Articles include an overview of how Disney Television Italy worked alongside
the Education and Public Outreach office of the INAF Astronomical
Observatory of Padua in Italy to help promote astronomy to children. The
authors discuss the differences between the working practices of an
entertainment company and an astronomical observatory, and how these were
overcome to form a successful partnership. This issue also tackles some
difficult topics in science communication, such as the problems encountered
when explaining complex scientific theories to a general audience and the
misperceptions that can arise as a result, and how well the public
interprets astronomical images. Also in this issue, how new and existing
tools can be used by science communicators, including a look at the Virtual
Observatory, which is an international project that provides an
infrastructure for sharing vast amounts of astronomical data online. And how
microblogging sites such as Twitter can be much more than a means of
communicating science to the public — they can also be tools to engage
people in research and spacecraft missions.
Enjoy,
Pedro Russo
CAPjournal
Editor-in-Chief
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Pedro Russo
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www.eso.org/~prusso
www.unawe.org/ | www.capjournal.org | www.scienceoffice.org |
www.1minutoastronomia.org |www.astronomy2009.org
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