Astronomy Cast Live: Bringing Science to the People in Real Time

天文学直播：将科学实时带给人们

• 批准号: 0744944
• 负责人: Pamela Gay
• 金额: $ 1.86万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0744944&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Astronomy; Cast; Live; Bringing; Science

Dr. Pamela Gay (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville) and the staff of "Astronomy Cast" will take the lead in producing the first "live casts" in astronomy - "Astronomy Live". They will build on their experience in working with new media to explore the realm of live blogging, and also live webcasting, in order to to research how to effectively employ science journalism and the relatively new technology of wireless internet multimedia to communicate astronomy to the public. From these initial trials, other public outreach and research programs (not necessarily in astronomy) will be able to use the results from this pilot program to learn how to make live blogging and webcasting work for them. "Astronomy Live" has the potential to allow astronomy enthusiasts around the world to experience the thrill of live astronomy announcements, attending talks in real time (even asking questions), and being "in the room" with astronomers via an Internet connection. Materials originally broadcast live will also be archived for asynchronous participation, allowing people to go back and "be there" on their own schedules. Beyond the public communications benefits of this program, it is also a program that allows the participation of an undergraduate student. The three-person team consists of an astronomer, a web journalist, and an undergraduate physics and computer science major. The student will use this experience to learn how to become an education and public outreach specialist and will gain experience in journalism while gaining knowledge of science.

Pamela Gay博士（南伊利诺伊大学爱德华兹维尔分校）和“天文演员”的工作人员将率先制作天文学领域的第一个“现场演员”-“天文现场”。 他们将建立在与新媒体合作的经验基础上，探索博客直播和网络直播的领域，以研究如何有效地利用科学新闻和无线互联网多媒体的相对新技术向公众传播天文学。 从这些初步试验中，其他公共宣传和研究计划（不一定是天文学）将能够使用这个试点计划的结果来学习如何为他们提供实时博客和网络广播。 “Astronomy Live”有可能让世界各地的天文爱好者体验现场天文公告的刺激、参加真实的实时讲座（甚至提出问题）以及通过互联网与天文学家“在房间里”连接。最初直播的材料也将被存档，以便异步参与，让人们可以按照自己的时间表回去“在那里”。除了这个程序的公共通信的好处，它也是一个程序，允许本科生的参与。 这个三人小组由一名天文学家、一名网络记者和一名物理学和计算机科学专业的本科生组成。学生将利用这一经验来学习如何成为一个教育和公共宣传专家，并将获得新闻经验，同时获得科学知识。