Article ID: CBB001220444

Riding the Wave to Reach the Masses: Natural Events in Early Twentieth Century Portuguese Daily Press (2012)

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Simões, Ana I. (Author)
Carneiro, Ana (Author)
Diogo, Maria Paula (Author)


Science and Education
Volume: 21
Pages: 311--333


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of a thematic issue: “Popular Science between News and Education: A European Perspective”
Language: English

This paper brings together science communicated in newspapers in Portugal by looking at how news on natural events were communicated in two different newspapers---the capital newspaper Diário de Notícias (Daily News) and the Diário dos Açores (Azores Daily). In particular, we look at how the 1900 solar eclipse, a hot topic throughout Europe, was reported by the capital newspaper, and how news on seismology were conveyed in the period 1907--1910 in the newspaper published in Azores, an archipelago with a significant seismic and volcanic activity. We argue that the importance conceded to these scientific news was related to their overwhelming features, that their dissimilar presentation stemmed from their local relevance allied to their different nature, predictable in the case of eclipses, and unpredictable in the case of earthquakes, and that behind these two instances of science journalism laid an attempt by the scientific and political communities to gain the support of the general public to such an extent that these two specific instances of science journalism transcended their usual features to become successful forms of expository science.

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Description On the reporting of the 1900 solar eclipse, as well as seismology in Azores.


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Authors & Contributors
Papanelopoulou, Faidra
Herran, Néstor
Test Concept
Roberto Saiol, José
Martin Bush
Molek-Kozakowska, Katarzyna
Concepts
Popularization
Journalism
Communication of scientific ideas
Science and society
Periodicals; serials
Public understanding of science
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Spain
Portugal
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Greece
Denmark
Barcelona (Spain)
Institutions
Hospício Pedro II
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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