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Mar 06, 2025 pt Article

Does demystifying arthropods on Twitter work? The opinion of the followers of the #TrupeNaturalista.

by Sávio Cavalcante , Vanessa F. Guimarães

The “Trupe Naturalista” is a group of Brazilian science communicators that operates on the social network Twitter, creating content and interacting with the public. The present study aimed to investigate whether interaction with these communicators can alter the perception of followers about arthropods. To this end, followers answered an online questionnaire informing about their profile, interests, motivations, interactions, use of the platform and perceptions about these stigmatized animals. The results indicate that the contact with the science communicators was able to positively change the behavior of the respondents regarding arthropods, reducing their aversion, and increasing their interest in nature.

Volume 8Issue 012025

Nov 11, 2024 es Article

Survey and characterization of initiatives that combine theatre and sciences in Argentina

by Javier Ricardo Garcia de Souza , Pablo Facundo Garcia , Rosana Mariel Aramburú

In recent years, numerous initiatives have emerged in Argentina where both scientists and artists combine science and theatre, either as a form of art and/or public science communication. In order to understand the current state of this field, a research was conducted involving an exhaustive search, a survey, and interviews. The goal was to identify what actions are being carried out in our country and who, how, and why these practices, which could be termed scientific theatre, are being developed, as well as to explore their histories, interests, and perceptions regarding this practice

Volume 7Issue 022024

Oct 07, 2024 es Practice Insight

The Challenge of Public Science Communication at the Institutional Level: A Situated Reflection

by Javier Ricardo Garcia de Souza , María Fernanda Alvarez , Bianca Cortese , Paula Altieri , Carolina Monti

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.

Volume 7Issue 022024

May 06, 2024 pt Article

Brazilian climate crisis researchers and their understanding of the communication processes with society

by Vanessa de Cássia Witzki Colatusso , Myrian Regina Del Vecchio-Lima

In this article, we address the interdisciplinary problem of climate change, with emphasis on the interface between Science, Environment and Communication. We understand that climate crisis researchers are important to making their studies understandable to society and conveying information about the urgency of the issue. In 2021, we interviewed 15 researchers to understand how they perceive themselves as disseminators of their knowledge and understand communication actions to cope with the situation. The interpretative analysis was operationalized by thematic categories. The results point to a lack of scientific dissemination practices by researchers, who prefers to be mediated by communication professionals.The results also point to an instrumental understanding of the communication processes.

Volume 7Issue 012024Medioambiente y divulgación de la ciencia / Meio ambiente e divulgação da ciência (Medioambiente/Meio ambiente)

Nov 27, 2023 pt Practice Insight

Bodies and voices of scientific articles: mediations of communication and culture in the scientific dissemination content of the journal Reciis

by Roberto Abib , Clara Marques de Sousa

This work analyzes the communication processes of the contents of scientific dissemination of the project ‘Articles and authors in the media and social media: for innovative and accessible scientific dissemination of Reciis’. The study is based on the assumption that scientific dissemination is a way
of knowledge produced in the mediations of scientific culture. Break up of praxis as a theoretical-methodological contribution in order to highlight the effects discursive aspects of the materials. We propose that such practices mediated with the presence (bodies and voices) of Reciis authors in the media present innovative ways of communicating science.

Volume 6Issue 022023

Sep 25, 2023 es Article

Study on the perception of scientific communication, actors, and digital media related to three Ecuadorian scientific communication networks during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Sofía Cabrera-Espín , Roberto Vallejo-Imbaquingo , M. Claudia Segovia-Salcedo

The article presents the results of an exploratory study conducted through the application of an online questionnaire to Twitter users close to three active scientific dissemination networks during the pandemic in Ecuador (Kuna Ecuador, Red Ecuatoriana de Mujeres Científicas, and Red DivulgaCiencia). The main objective is to propose specific strategies for the use of the digital platform to disseminate science and persuade public opinion, starting with an understanding of the perception regarding the concepts used to refer to the communicative interaction between the scientific community and society.

Volume 6Issue 022023

May 30, 2023 pt Article

Organisational communication in public universities: the challenges of communicating science in a media-focused society

by Pedro Farnese

This article proposes a conceptual structure to reflect the media-focused society and its intricacies in the organizational communication strategies undertaken by public universities for the dissemination of science and the fight against misinformation. We built a theoretical approach around the articles published in the proceedings of the last five editions of the Brazilian Congress of Communication Sciences (2018 to 2022), specifically in the research group Communication, Scientific Dissemination, Health and Environment. The results demonstrate the need to broaden the discussion on dissemination of the scientific process, converging in interconnected and transdisciplinary directions that include perspectives on the impact of new technologies, democratization of knowledge, and representation of these teaching and research institutions in the social context.

Volume 6Issue 012023

Nov 21, 2022 pt Article

Caracterização do atual cenário da divulgação científica brasileira em mídias digitais a partir do levantamento dos perfis de divulgadores científicos

by Lucas Oliveira dos Santos , Karen Barbosa Müller

A divulgação científica procura estreitar relações entre ciência e população. Para melhor compreendê-la deve-se conhecer o perfil daqueles que se intitulam ``Divulgadores Científicos''. Neste estudo exploratório e descritivo observam-se divulgadores das áreas da Biologia, Química, Física e Ciências da Saúde, sendo indivíduos de ambos os gêneros, majoritariamente brancos, da região sudeste, média de 30 anos, muitos pós-graduados, motivados a continuar suas divulgações, e mesmo com falta de tempo e dinheiro querem aumentar o acesso a sua principal rede (Instagram). Demonstra-se necessidade de mais representatividade, de uma melhor interação e da continuidade de estudos que descrevam detalhadamente outros aspectos desse cenário.

Volume 5Issue 022022

Nov 21, 2022 es Article

El transitado camino a un museo nacional de ciencia y tecnología

by Neydo Hidalgo

A través del método histórico y con el uso de fuentes primarias, se repasan, desde los antecedentes sociales y políticos, así como el contexto más inmediato, las acciones que se han venido realizando en el Perú en los últimos 30 años, para la creación de un museo de ciencia y tecnología, a fin de establecer, a modo de hipótesis, algunas conclusiones sobre los motivos por los que no se ha llegado a concretar este ansiado proyecto.

Volume 5Issue 022022

Nov 21, 2022 pt Article

Da notícia institucional à divulgação científica: a trajetória do Jornal UFG em 16 anos de existência

by Luiz Felipe Fernandes Neves , Kharen Stecca , Silvana Coleta Santos Pereira

Neste artigo, realizamos um estudo de caso do Jornal UFG — veículo de comunicação da Universidade Federal de Goiás –, por meio da análise de seis edições publicadas entre 2006 e 2022. O objetivo foi compreender o jornal enquanto instrumento de comunicação organizacional, tendo em vista as especificidades de seu lócus de produção e a necessidade de articular demandas institucionais aos princípios da comunicação pública e da divulgação científica. Verificou-se que, embora o Jornal UFG sempre tenha se colocado como um veículo de divulgação científica, sua trajetória foi marcada pela busca de um equilíbrio entre o conteúdo institucional e o científico.

Volume 5Issue 022022

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