[ASC-list] Is Science Communication Ending - Or Is there a New Dawn? -- PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE

[Will Rifkin]

Is Science Communication Ending - Or Is there a New Dawn?


The podcast for this roundtable discussion is now available:

http://lectopia.elearning.unsw.edu.au/ilectures/ilectures.lasso? 
ut=1456&id=47136

This link is publicly accessible with QuickTime 56K and Windows Media  
56K and podcasting capabilities.



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Around the world, science journos and film makers are being 'let go.'  
At CNN, the ABC, the BBC, newspapers everywhere.

Robyn Williams wrote a book about this prospect in 1996: 'Normal  
Service Won't Be Resumed'. The prophecies are being fulfilled right
now.

But science must be fundamental to the solving of our manifest global  
problems, from innovation to conservation and the building of a
science literacy underpinning both.

Nicky Phillips, who's spent a year at the ABC Science Unit producing  
and presenting programs, has a unique (young) perspective on how we now
report science and how the younger audience she represents may be  
reached more effectively.

Robyn Williams joined the ABC so long ago (1972) that men were still  
walking on the moon.

How do their very different perspectives mesh or clash about our  
challenging future?

This roundtable discussion is hosted by the Science Communication  
Program (SCOM) of the Faculty of Science at the University of New  
South Wales.  SCOM is home of the World-Wide Day in Science, 'OnSET'  
online magazine, and the Museum Without Walls.


Date & Time:  Thursday, 5 March, 12noon-2pm

Location:  UNSW, Kensington campus, Mathews building, room 104.


Will

William D Rifkin, PhD
Director, Science Communication Program
Faculty of Science, BSB-BABS
UNSW, Sydney, NSW  2052 AUSTRALIA

willrifkin at unsw.edu.au
+61 2 9385 2748
+61 2 9385 1530 fax

www.scom.unsw.edu.au
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