scholarly journals Comentário a “Some contributions of Habermas to the study of public communication of science”

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Juliano Cordeiro da Costa Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Public Communication ◽  
Communication Of Science

scholarly journals Science stories as culture: experience, identity, narrative and emotion in public communication of science

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (05) ◽  
pp. A01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Rachael Davies ◽  
Megan Halpern ◽  
Maja Horst ◽  
David Kirby ◽  
Bruce Lewenstein
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Key Frame ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Science Stories ◽  
Communication Of Science

The last three decades have seen extensive reflection concerning how science communication should be modelled and understood. In this essay we propose the value of a cultural approach to science communication — one that frames it primarily as a process of meaning-making. We outline the conceptual basis for this view of culture, drawing on cultural theory to suggest that it is valuable to see science communication as one aspect of (popular) culture, as storytelling or narrative, as ritual, and as collective meaning-making. We then explore four possible ways that a cultural approach might proceed: by mobilising ideas about experience; by framing science communication through identity work; by focusing on fiction; and by paying attention to emotion. We therefore present a view of science communication as always entangled within, and itself shaping, cultural stories and meanings. We close by suggesting that one benefit of this approach is to move beyond debates concerning ‘deficit or dialogue’ as the key frame for public communication of science.

Do Organizational Interests Interfere with Public Communication of Science? An Explorative Study of Public Relations of Scientific Organizations in Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-574
Author(s):  
Yin-Yueh Lo ◽  
Chun-Ju Huang ◽  
Hans Peter Peters
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Academic Organizations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Stakeholder Interests ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Communication Of Science

Abstract The relevance of public relations (PR) efforts of scientific organizations for public communication of science is increasingly recognized. PR departments are not mere mediators between scientists and journalists but represent the stakeholder interests of their organizations in the public sphere and are communicative actors themselves. Previous Taiwanese studies focused on university PR in the educational context, whereas the potential function in the communication of research and scientific knowledge received less attention. This study explores how PR departments of academic organizations in Taiwan view their role in the public communication of science. Insights from eleven semistructured interviews with PR officers suggest that public relations departments of academic organizations in Taiwan only half-heartedly contribute to the communication of science. Another interesting finding is that even in the era of social media science, PR still relies heavily on journalism, which in Taiwan lacks professionalism in the communication of science. We suggest a more active role of academic organizations in the public communication of science, pursuing not only marketing or self-presentation goals, but also assuming genuine responsibility for public information about research and scientific knowledge.

Public Communication of Science in Blogs

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
María José Luzón
Keyword(s):  
Public Communication ◽  
Communication Of Science

An Instrument for Assessing Scientists’ Written Skills in Public Communication of Science

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayelet Baram-Tsabari ◽  
Bruce V. Lewenstein
Keyword(s):  
Public Communication ◽  
Communication Of Science

scholarly journals Some contributions of Habermas to the study of public communication of science

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-44
Author(s):  
Ana Eliza Ferreira Alvim-Silva ◽  
José Roberto Pereira ◽  
Cibele Maria Garcia de Aguiar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Social Interests ◽  
Science And Politics ◽  
Communication Of Science ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Practice Of Science

Abstract: This theoretical essay explores three publications by Jürgen Habermas from the 1960s. The author deals with the critique of science, the production of knowledge and universities democratization. The objective was to extract from them clipings of reflections that can contribute to the studies of public communication of science. We consolidated the considerations into a graphic representation that summarizes the factors to be considered when thinking about the practice of science communication in society: the importance of considering the three interests that drive the production of knowledge - technical, practical and emancipatory, of promoting self-reflection of sciences in politicized and democratized universities, and the mediation of society in the interaction between science and politics, to subsidize decision-making based on social interests. We argue that the basis for a public communication idea of dialogical science - now widely defended - emerged in the German philosopher’s thinking in books published more than 50 years ago. However, that was not his central motivation at that time.

scholarly journals Where is public communication of science going?

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. E
Author(s):  
Alessandro Delfanti
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
European Context ◽  
University Departments ◽  
Communication Of Science ◽  
First Time

We have published this issue of JCOM while the call for papers is open for the twelfth Public Communication of Science and Technology conference. The biennial meeting will be held in April 2012 and for the first time in Italy: the hosting city in Florence. The 2012 edition of the PCST conference is being held after more than twenty years of growth of the network of scholars that founded it and the expansion of its boundaries outside the European context from which it was created. JCOM is a part of this network, made up not only of individuals but also of organisations, university departments, journals, national conferences and so on.

scholarly journals Towards a taxonomy for public communication of science activities

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. Y01 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Sánchez-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Public Communication ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Communication Of Science ◽  
Science Activities

As a result of the large number of media used and a variety of objectives pursued by the various Public Communication of Science (PCS) activities, their evaluation turns into a daunting task. Therefore, a general taxonomy for all the approaches used by PCS could be helpful in order to differentiate their effects and to measure their results. A general format is proposed for a fast and easy evaluation of PCS efforts and to share a common language with all science communicators, who need to easily compare the results of this growing activity.

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