This study evaluates how a Mathematics Festival influences students’ attitudes toward the discipline in a secondary school in southern Chile. Using an adapted version of the Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI), the research reveals a positive impact on students’ appreciation of mathematics. A novel finding was a motivational difference by gender, with an increase among male students and a decrease among female students. The results highlight the relevance of such festivals in strengthening positive perceptions of mathematics and the need for inclusive approaches..

In Argentine institutes and scientific research centers, efforts are rarely dedicated to public science communication (PSC), which weakens the connection with the society to which they belong. For this reason, in 2015, the Institute of Limnology “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet” (La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina) created its Extension and Communication Area, which has coordinated numerous activities at science fairs, schools, and neighborhoods. Through the implementation of a relational approach, adaptable to similar institutions, solid connections have been established with various sectors, and the internal revaluation and enhancement of PSC.

We question, from the perspective of public communication, how the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Brazil) responded to COVID-19. The question, asked to communication professionals at the institution two years after the start of the pandemic, sought to identify challenges and elements of institutional learning and understand the possibilities and limits of communication in the context of disinfodemic and political crisis. Qualitative research of an exploratory nature carried out through semi-structured interviews and, alternatively, the use of documentary sources indicates that Fiocruz recognizes public communication (science and health) as a process under construction and a strategic and structuring factor for the full implementation of its Communication Policy.

In this article, we conducted a comprehensive survey of the publications from "Médicos por la Verdad" (Doctors for the Truth), one of the main anti-vaccine groups in Latin America, on the social media platform Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic. We categorized their types of reasoning and the content of their messages, and we showed that the existing proposals for the analysis of anti-scientific discourses cannot be applied to this particular case. Consequently, we propose a new categorization and its focused application using tools available for science communicators on one hand, and the non-specialized public on the other.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a deep global impact in several social spheres, ranging from public health, economic activities, education and even the polarization that has occurred in the public discussion of the subject. Politicians, artists and scientists alike have expressed their positions on social media, producing debates with a wide range of perspectives that are not necessarily based on sound scientific facts. Thus, the conflict between reliable information and misinformation contributes to the growing uncertainty and complexity of the pandemic. This article explores how people look for references to build an opinion regarding the pandemic and the way in which personalities of different ranks, professions and nuances spread their opinions on health issues in Mexico. As methodological tools, the team analyzed hundreds of tweets from eleven profiles, divided into three groups: celebrities, politicians, and science communicators, in 14 relevant events during the pandemic. The results led to the construction of four major sections: deniers, moderates, cautious and critical. With this work, a basis is cemented to develop containment actions against disinformation and strategies to make the impact of Covid-19 visible, given the need for Mexican society to have reliable information to assume a position towards the so-called “new normality”.

En el proceso de creación de Materia, el Museo del Centro de Ciencias de Sinaloa, se propuso el desarrollo de un estudio de publico que permitiera incluir las voces de diferentes comunidades y audiencias en el proceso de diseño museológico. Con más de 1900 participantes en 85 sesiones de diálogo fue posible marcar líneas de pensamiento, aproximaciones y referentes de diversos públicos que nos permitieron armar el proyecto museológico que hoy propone Materia. La investigación subraya aproximaciones propias del contexto inmediato así como percepciones y comprensiones de la ciencia y la tecnología en diversos públicos.

Diante da pandemia do coronavírus, atualmente, as vacinas estão inseridas nas discussões do cotidiano dos cidadãos. Para além das controvérsias desse tema, há uma mobilização de desinformações que coadunam fake news e pós-verdades. Nesse contexto, busca-se com este artigo investigar como a produção do conhecimento científico reconhece as controvérsias e as fake news sobre vacinas, por meio de uma revisão bibliográfica. Entre as pesquisas recentes, existem as que analisam fake news, bem como o ambiente em que circulam e, também, sua checagem, apontando, assim, novos cenários e contextos de investigações.

¿Qué ciencia necesita el ciudadano? Es una pregunta que todos quienes trabajamos por una cultura científica universal y estamos convencidos que es importante nos hemos hecho una y mil veces. Cabe preguntarnos ¿somos los únicos que podemos responder o intentar responder esa pregunta? Este libro nos aporta otras miradas que incluyen las voces de científicos, tomadores de decisión y la propia ciudadanía.

La comunicación de los resultados de la investigación científica atraviesa una época de profundos cambios, signada por los nuevos escenarios digitales y por nuevos lenguajes empleados en la publicación de artículos, entre los que se destaca el recurso audiovisual. En este artículo se analiza la presencia de videoartículos en revistas científicas, en el ejemplo de cinco journals provenientes de distintas disciplinas: Nature, JoVE, Revista Digital Universitaria, Comunicar, y Tecmerín Revista de Ensayos Audiovisuales. Tanto en reemplazo del tradicional paper como en su función divulgativa, los videoartículos funcionan como elementos claves para la expansión narrativa en los nuevos entornos digitales.

El objetivo principal es investigar el impacto que tienen un conjunto de actividades de comunicación de las matemáticas realizadas en espacios públicos de colonias con marginación alta, en el fortalecimiento del tejido social y mejoramiento de la percepción de seguridad. Una plaza de la colonia Chamilpa en Cuernavaca, México es tomada como caso de estudio. Esta colonia se encuentra entre las de mayor marginación de la ciudad. Los resultados proporcionan evidencia empírica para soportar que la comunicación de las matemáticas en espacios públicos aumenta la percepción de seguridad y mejora la cohesión social.