72 research outputs found
11 maggio 2011: il terremoto previsto e l’Open Day all’INGV
No full textFin dal 2010, un terremoto devastante era stato previsto per l’11 maggio 2011 a Roma. La previsione era stata erroneamente attribuita a Raffaele Bendandi, uno studioso autodidatta di scienze naturali, originario di Faenza e vissuto fra il 1893 e il 1979. Nei mesi precedenti, l’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) aveva
ricevuto un notevole numero di richieste d’informazioni non solo da parte dei residenti a Roma, ma anche da parte di
turisti e pendolari. Con l’approssimarsi del mese di maggio, cresceva l’attenzione della popolazione e dei media. L’INGV
ha quindi deciso di organizzare un Open Day presso la propria sede di Roma per consentire al pubblico di approfondire
la conoscenza del terremoto come fenomeno naturale e di avere informazioni sulla sismicità e pericolosità sismica
italiana. L’Open Day è stato preceduto da una conferenza stampa, con lo scopo di presentare l’iniziativa e di avviare una
discussione scientifica con i giornalisti sulla previsione dei terremoti e sul rischio sismico in Italia.
Più di 30 giornalisti di quotidiani nazionali e locali, tv, agenzie di stampa e testate web hanno partecipato alla
conferenza stampa e centinaia di articoli sono apparsi nei giorni successivi, pubblicizzando l’Open Day dell’11
maggio. L’INGV ha aperto la propria sede al pubblico per tutto il giorno e ha organizzato incontri con i ricercatori,
visite guidate della Sala di Monitoraggio Sismico e delle mostre interattive sui terremoti e sul campo magnetico
terrestre, conferenze su temi di carattere generale, quale l’impatto sociale della diffusione di voci incontrollate e la
riduzione del rischio sismico.
Durante la giornata sono stati inoltre inseriti sul canale YouTube/INGVterremoti 13 nuovi video per spiegare
come e perché avviene un terremoto e per fornire aggiornamenti periodici sulla sismicità in Italia dalla Sala di
Monitoraggio Sismico.
L’11 maggio, dalle 10 del mattino alle 9 di sera, la sede INGV è stata pacificamente invasa da oltre 3000 visitatori:
famiglie, scolaresche con e senza insegnanti, gruppi di protezione civile e molti giornalisti.
L’iniziativa, costruita in poche settimane, ha avuto notevole risonanza ed è stata un’importante occasione per fare
informazione capillare sul rischio sismico.Published1-375.9. Formazione e informazioneN/A or not JCRope
11 maggio 2011: il terremoto previsto e l’Open Day all’INGV
No full textFin dal 2010, un terremoto devastante era stato previsto per l’11 maggio 2011 a Roma. La previsione era stata erroneamente attribuita a Raffaele Bendandi, uno studioso autodidatta di scienze naturali, originario di Faenza e vissuto fra il 1893 e il 1979. Nei mesi precedenti, l’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) aveva
ricevuto un notevole numero di richieste d’informazioni non solo da parte dei residenti a Roma, ma anche da parte di
turisti e pendolari. Con l’approssimarsi del mese di maggio, cresceva l’attenzione della popolazione e dei media. L’INGV
ha quindi deciso di organizzare un Open Day presso la propria sede di Roma per consentire al pubblico di approfondire
la conoscenza del terremoto come fenomeno naturale e di avere informazioni sulla sismicità e pericolosità sismica
italiana. L’Open Day è stato preceduto da una conferenza stampa, con lo scopo di presentare l’iniziativa e di avviare una
discussione scientifica con i giornalisti sulla previsione dei terremoti e sul rischio sismico in Italia.
Più di 30 giornalisti di quotidiani nazionali e locali, tv, agenzie di stampa e testate web hanno partecipato alla
conferenza stampa e centinaia di articoli sono apparsi nei giorni successivi, pubblicizzando l’Open Day dell’11
maggio. L’INGV ha aperto la propria sede al pubblico per tutto il giorno e ha organizzato incontri con i ricercatori,
visite guidate della Sala di Monitoraggio Sismico e delle mostre interattive sui terremoti e sul campo magnetico
terrestre, conferenze su temi di carattere generale, quale l’impatto sociale della diffusione di voci incontrollate e la
riduzione del rischio sismico.
Durante la giornata sono stati inoltre inseriti sul canale YouTube/INGVterremoti 13 nuovi video per spiegare
come e perché avviene un terremoto e per fornire aggiornamenti periodici sulla sismicità in Italia dalla Sala di
Monitoraggio Sismico.
L’11 maggio, dalle 10 del mattino alle 9 di sera, la sede INGV è stata pacificamente invasa da oltre 3000 visitatori:
famiglie, scolaresche con e senza insegnanti, gruppi di protezione civile e molti giornalisti.
L’iniziativa, costruita in poche settimane, ha avuto notevole risonanza ed è stata un’importante occasione per fare
informazione capillare sul rischio sismico.Published1-375.9. Formazione e informazioneN/A or not JCRope
Turning the rumor of May 11, 2011 earthquake prediction In Rome, Italy, into an information day on earthquake hazard
No full textA devastating earthquake had been predicted for May 11, 2011 in Rome. This prediction was never released officially by anyone, but it grew up in the Internet and was amplified by media. It was erroneously ascribed to Raffaele Bendandi, an Italian self-taught natural scientist who studied planetary motions. Indeed, around May 11, 2011, a planetary alignment was really expected and this contributed to give credibility to the earthquake prediction among people.
During the previous months, INGV was overwhelmed with requests for information about this presumed prediction by Roman inhabitants and tourists.
Given the considerable mediatic impact of this expected earthquake, INGV decided to organize an Open Day in its headquarter in Rome devoted to the public who wanted to learn more about the Italian seismicity and the earthquake as natural phenomenon. The Open Day was preceded by a press conference two days before, in which we talked about this prediction, we presented the Open Day, and we had a scientific discussion with journalists about the earthquake prediction and more in general on the real problem of seismic risk in Italy.
About 40 journalists from newspapers, local and national tv's, press agencies and web news attended the Press Conference and hundreds of articles appeared in the following days, advertising the 11 May Open Day.
The INGV opened to the public all day long (9am - 9pm) with the following program: i) meetings with INGV researchers to answer scientific questions; ii)visits to the seismic monitoring room, open 24h/7 all year; iii) guided tours through interactive exhibitions on earthquakes and Earth's deep structure; iv) conferences on general topics from the social impact of rumors to seismic risk reduction; v) 13 new short videos on our channel YouTube.com/INGVterremoti to explain the earthquake process and with updates on various aspects of seismic monitoring in Italy; vi) distribution of books and brochures.
Surprisingly, more than 3000 visitors came to visit INGV headquarters until 9 p.m.: families, school classes with and without teachers, civil protection groups, journalists. This initiative, built up in a few weeks, had a very large feedback, also due to the media highlighting the presumed prediction.
Although we could not rule out the possibility of a strong earthquake in central Italy (with effects in Rome) we tried to explain the real meaning of short term earthquake prediction vs. probabilistic seismic hazard assessment. Despite many people remained with the fear (many decided to take a day off and leave the town or stay in public parks), we contributed to reduce this feeling and therefore the social cost of this strange roman day. Moreover, another lesson learned is that these (fortunately sporadic) circumstances, when people's attention is high, are important opportunities for science communication.
We thank all the INGV colleagues who contributed to the May 11 Open Day, in particular the Press Office, the educational and Outreach laboratory, the Graphics Laboratory and the SissaMedialab.
P.S. no large earthquake happenedPublishedSan Francisco5.9. Formazione e informazionereserve
Turning the rumor of May 11, 2011 earthquake prediction In Rome, Italy, into an information day on earthquake hazard
No full textA devastating earthquake had been predicted for May 11, 2011 in Rome. This prediction was never released officially by anyone, but it grew up in the Internet and was amplified by media. It was erroneously ascribed to Raffaele Bendandi, an Italian self-taught natural scientist who studied planetary motions. Indeed, around May 11, 2011, a planetary alignment was really expected and this contributed to give credibility to the earthquake prediction among people.
During the previous months, INGV was overwhelmed with requests for information about this presumed prediction by Roman inhabitants and tourists.
Given the considerable mediatic impact of this expected earthquake, INGV decided to organize an Open Day in its headquarter in Rome devoted to the public who wanted to learn more about the Italian seismicity and the earthquake as natural phenomenon. The Open Day was preceded by a press conference two days before, in which we talked about this prediction, we presented the Open Day, and we had a scientific discussion with journalists about the earthquake prediction and more in general on the real problem of seismic risk in Italy.
About 40 journalists from newspapers, local and national tv's, press agencies and web news attended the Press Conference and hundreds of articles appeared in the following days, advertising the 11 May Open Day.
The INGV opened to the public all day long (9am - 9pm) with the following program: i) meetings with INGV researchers to answer scientific questions; ii)visits to the seismic monitoring room, open 24h/7 all year; iii) guided tours through interactive exhibitions on earthquakes and Earth's deep structure; iv) conferences on general topics from the social impact of rumors to seismic risk reduction; v) 13 new short videos on our channel YouTube.com/INGVterremoti to explain the earthquake process and with updates on various aspects of seismic monitoring in Italy; vi) distribution of books and brochures.
Surprisingly, more than 3000 visitors came to visit INGV headquarters until 9 p.m.: families, school classes with and without teachers, civil protection groups, journalists. This initiative, built up in a few weeks, had a very large feedback, also due to the media highlighting the presumed prediction.
Although we could not rule out the possibility of a strong earthquake in central Italy (with effects in Rome) we tried to explain the real meaning of short term earthquake prediction vs. probabilistic seismic hazard assessment. Despite many people remained with the fear (many decided to take a day off and leave the town or stay in public parks), we contributed to reduce this feeling and therefore the social cost of this strange roman day. Moreover, another lesson learned is that these (fortunately sporadic) circumstances, when people's attention is high, are important opportunities for science communication.
We thank all the INGV colleagues who contributed to the May 11 Open Day, in particular the Press Office, the educational and Outreach laboratory, the Graphics Laboratory and the SissaMedialab.
P.S. no large earthquake happenedPublishedSan Francisco5.9. Formazione e informazionereserve
HOW TO TURN THE RUMOR OF THE MAY 11, 2011 EARTHQUAKE IN ROME (ITALY) IN TO A DAY OF INFORMATION ON EARTHQUAKES: THE OPEN DAY AT INGV
No full textA devastating earthquake has been predicted for May 11, 2011 in Rome. This prediction was erroneously ascribed to Raffaele Bendandi an Italian self-taught natural scientist of the last century. During the previous months, the INGV has been overwhelmed with requests for information about this presumed prediction by Roman inhabitants and tourists.
Given the considerable mediatic impact of this expected earthquake, the INGV decided to organize an Open Day of its headquarters in Rome devoted to the public who wanted to learn more about the Italian seismicity and the earthquake as natural phenomenon. The Open Day was preceded by a press conference two days before, with the purpose to present the Open Day and to have a scientific discussion with the journalists about the earthquake prediction and Italian seismic risk assessment.
About 40 journalists from newspapers, local and national tv's, press agencies and web news attended the Press Conference and hundreds of articles appeared the following days, advertising the 11 May Open Day.
The INGV opened to the public all day long with the following program:
- meetings with INGV researchers to answer scientific questions
- visiting to the room of seismic monitoring, open 24h/7 all year
- guided tours through interactive exhibitions on earthquakes and Earth's magnetic field
- 5 afternoon conferences on general topics from the social impact of rumors to seismic risk reduction
- 13 new short videos on YouTube / INGVterremoti to explain the earthquake process and updates on various aspects of seismic monitoring room
- distribution of books and brochures.
Surprisingly, we had about 3000 visitors up to 9 p.m.: families, school classes with and without teachers, civil protection groups, journalists.
The initiative, built up in few weeks, had a very large feedback, also thanks to the media highlighting the presumed prediction.
We thank all the INGV colleagues who have made this initiative possible, in particular the Press Office, the educational and Outreach laboratory, the Graphics Laboratory and SissaMedialab.PublishedTorino5.9. Formazione e informazionereserve
HOW TO TURN THE RUMOR OF THE MAY 11, 2011 EARTHQUAKE IN ROME (ITALY) IN TO A DAY OF INFORMATION ON EARTHQUAKES: THE OPEN DAY AT INGV
No full textA devastating earthquake has been predicted for May 11, 2011 in Rome. This prediction was erroneously ascribed to Raffaele Bendandi an Italian self-taught natural scientist of the last century. During the previous months, the INGV has been overwhelmed with requests for information about this presumed prediction by Roman inhabitants and tourists.
Given the considerable mediatic impact of this expected earthquake, the INGV decided to organize an Open Day of its headquarters in Rome devoted to the public who wanted to learn more about the Italian seismicity and the earthquake as natural phenomenon. The Open Day was preceded by a press conference two days before, with the purpose to present the Open Day and to have a scientific discussion with the journalists about the earthquake prediction and Italian seismic risk assessment.
About 40 journalists from newspapers, local and national tv's, press agencies and web news attended the Press Conference and hundreds of articles appeared the following days, advertising the 11 May Open Day.
The INGV opened to the public all day long with the following program:
- meetings with INGV researchers to answer scientific questions
- visiting to the room of seismic monitoring, open 24h/7 all year
- guided tours through interactive exhibitions on earthquakes and Earth's magnetic field
- 5 afternoon conferences on general topics from the social impact of rumors to seismic risk reduction
- 13 new short videos on YouTube / INGVterremoti to explain the earthquake process and updates on various aspects of seismic monitoring room
- distribution of books and brochures.
Surprisingly, we had about 3000 visitors up to 9 p.m.: families, school classes with and without teachers, civil protection groups, journalists.
The initiative, built up in few weeks, had a very large feedback, also thanks to the media highlighting the presumed prediction.
We thank all the INGV colleagues who have made this initiative possible, in particular the Press Office, the educational and Outreach laboratory, the Graphics Laboratory and SissaMedialab.PublishedTorino5.9. Formazione e informazionereserve
“TERREMOTO, PARLIAMONE INSIEME”: ATTIVITÀ INFORMATIVE NELL’AREA COLPITA DAI TERREMOTI DI MAGGIO E GIUGNO 2012 IN EMILIA ROMAGNA
No full textLa campagna “Terremoto, parliamone insieme”. Un forte terremoto genera sempre un grande bisogno di informazione e conoscenza da parte dei cittadini: sulle caratteristiche del fenomeno fisico e i suoi effetti, sui comportamenti corretti da adottare in situazioni di rischio, sulle iniziative messe in campo per superare l’emergenza. Questo bisogno è particolarmente rilevante in occasione di sequenze sismiche di lunga durata e che hanno un certo livello di complessità: l’informazione, in tutti i suoi aspetti, influisce in modo notevole sulla capacità delle singole persone e delle comunità coinvolte nell’affrontare la situazione di emergenza.
Per questa ragione, così come in occasione della sequenza sismica aquilana nel 2009 (Nostro et al., 2012), a seguito degli eventi di maggio 2012 in Emilia Romagna (20 maggio 2012 ore 02:03 UTC, ML 5.9, 29 maggio 2012 ore 07:00, ML 5.8; ore 10:55 ML 5.3; 11:00 ML 5.2) è stata realizzata la campagna “Terremoto, parliamone insieme”, una lunga e complessa iniziativa formativa e informativa, che fra maggio e agosto 2012, ha coinvolto la popolazione, in parte presente nei campi di accoglienza, gli amministratori locali, il personale della scuola, gli operatori dei servizi sanitari e sociali dei comuni colpiti dal terremoto. Questa iniziativa è stata organizzata e gestita dal Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (DPC), l’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), la Regione Emilia Romagna in collaborazione con la Rete dei Laboratori Universitari di Ingegneria Sismica (ReLUIS), il Servizio Sanitario Regionale dell’Emilia Romagna, le amministrazioni locali e le organizzazioni di volontariato di protezione civile presenti sul territorio.
Immediatamente dopo il terremoto del 20 maggio si è costituito un gruppo di lavoro che ha individuato le problematiche che questa emergenza presentava ed ha elaborato una strategia di comunicazione adeguata ed efficace. L’obiettivo è stato quello di fornire, in modo condiviso e coordinato, le informazioni essenziali di carattere scientifico e operativo, per consentire alle persone di comprendere al meglio la situazione, favorendo una interazione positiva con l’organizzazione di protezione civile e l’adozione di comportamenti finalizzati alla riduzione del rischio durante la complessa fase di emergenza.
L’iniziativa è stata pubblicizzata tramite i siti web del DPC (www.protezionecivile.gov.it), dell’INGV (www.ingv.it), di ReLUIS (www.reluis.it), del Progetto EDURISK (www.edurisk.it) e sul blog INGVTerremoti (ingvterremoti.wordpress.com, Pignone et al., 2012). Nei primi giorni di giugno 2012, una nota informativa è stata inviata dal DPC ai Centri di Coordinamento Provinciale (CCP) delle province di Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Ferrara e Mantova al fine di raggiungere in modo capillare i sindaci dei Comuni maggiormente colpiti. Analoga informativa è stata inviata anche alle Aziende delle Unità Sanitarie Locali (AUSL) delle stesse province sia per fornire un servizio agli operatori coinvolti nella gestione dell’emergenza sia per creare una collaborazione con gli operatori del territorio in occasione di tali incontri.PublishedPotenza4T. Sismicità dell'Italia4SR TERREMOTI - Preparazione alla comunicazione in emergenza5SR TERREMOTI - Convenzioni derivanti dall'Accordo Quadro decennale INGV-DPC3TM. Comunicazion
Turning the rumor of the May 11, 2011, earthquake prediction in Rome, Italy, into an information day on earthquake hazard
No full textA devastating earthquake was predicted to hit Rome on May 11, 2011. This prediction was never officially released, but it grew on the internet and was amplified by the media. It was erroneously ascribed to Raffaele Bendandi, an Italian self-taught natural scientist who studied planetary motions and related them to earthquakes. Indeed, around May 11, 2011, there was a planetary alignment, and this fed the credibility of the earthquake prediction. During the months preceding May 2011, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) was overwhelmed with requests for information about this prediction, by the inhabitants of Rome and by tourists. Given the echo of this earthquake prediction, on May 11, 2011, the INGV decided to organize an Open Day at its headquarters in Rome, to inform the public about Italian seismicity and earthquake physics. The Open Day was preceded by a press conference two days before, to talk with journalists about this prediction, and to present the Open Day. During this ‘Day’, 13 new videos were also posted on our YouTube/INGVterremoti channel to explain earthquake processes and hazards, and to provide periodic updates on seismicity in Italy from the seismicity monitoring room. On May 11, 2011, the INGV headquarters was peacefully invaded by over 3,000 visitors, from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm: families, students with and without teachers, civil protection groups, and many journalists. This initiative that was built up in a few weeks has had very large feedback, and was a great opportunity to talk with journalists and people about earthquake prediction, and more in general about the seismic risk in Italy.<br /
Physician Transcripts
No full textIn this data set, we provide access to the transcripts of interviews of 36 physicians in the United States (US) about their use of information. These physician interviews represents the qualitative component of a larger mixed-methods research initiative funded by the National Science Foundation, led by this author team (Grant No. #1158673)
Competitive balance and TV audience: An empirical analysis on the Italian Serie A
No full textThis paper investigates the behaviour of the “couch potato” audience in regards to the Italian Football League - Serie A - during the 2008/09 season. Using data from 380 matches, we considered a collection of variables suitable to influence the share of TV audience of satellite television. According to the standard prescriptions of sports economics literature and assessing peculiarities of Italian context, we estimated the “Football on TV’s” demand by an OLS regression model. Rating the dependent variable of TV audience by the share registered in each match, we introduced a set of independent variables in order to approximate match quality, the programme schedule placement, the follow-up of the involved teams and their rank. As other theoretical and empirical investigations have focused on Spanish and English championships, our attention concentrates particularly on the relationship between the closeness of the game and the television audience. In the regression model, uncertainty of outcome has been measured extracting information from the Italian fixed odds betting market. We found that all the theoretical expected relationships have been confirmed by the econometric analysis. In spite of the statistical significance of the outcome uncertainty on share, the estimation points out that more then 90% of variability concerning TV audience has been explained net of uncertainty factors and that the impact of a closest context on dependent variable is marginal. The overestimation of the role of match uncertainty on TV audience could support the opinion of top team’s management opposing the return to the collective bargaining of TV rights starting from next season, 2010/11, fixed by the law 9/2008 of Italian Parliament. In football context the competitive balance should then be considered a “meritorius good”, far from market assessment.
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