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Oct 27, 2025 es Review

19th RedPOP Congress “Living Science: Connecting minds and communities””

The 19th Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Popularisation of Science and Technology (RedPOP) ‘Living Science: Connecting Minds and Communities’ was held from 9 to 13 September in the city of Puebla, Mexico. The review describes a chronology of the most relevant activities carried out during the meeting between professionals, communicators and researchers in the field of science communication in Latin America. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Volume 8Issue 022025

May 20, 2025 es Essay

Dimensions of the Future: An Approach to Classifying and Communicating Technological Visions

by Gerardo Sifuentes Marín

In recent decades, technological visions (TVs) have played a crucial role in shaping public expectations about the future. These projections, which seek to combine speculation with scientific rigor, generate narratives that both inform and shape society, while also guiding decision-making processes within transnational companies and governments [Baena, 2016]. In this essay, I propose a classification system to evaluate and analyze these visions, enabling a deeper understanding of their representations and objectives. The approach considers five interrelated qualities: Realization, Discourse, Mediality, Life Cycle, and Imaginary Magnitude.
It is timely to reflect on the relevance of TVs within scientific communication in the Latin American context, where futuristic narratives often adopt an external and biased perspective towards diverse realities, limiting their local resonance. As a tool for disseminating scientific knowledge and technological advances, TVs may be useful for adapting such narratives to the specific needs and challenges of the region.

Volume 8Issue 012025

Apr 16, 2025 pt Article

The Nature of Science in texts written by journalists and scientists in a major Brazilian newspaper.

by Andre Perticarrari

The public's understanding of science is fundamental in a world full of uncertainty, negationism and socio-environmental problems. It's not just about understanding concepts, but also the Nature of Science (NoS). Science communication in the media plays a crucial role in this process, but there are few studies on scientific texts that investigate their potential in relation to the NoS and whether there are differences between texts by journalists and scientists. Here, I analyze which aspects of the NoS appear in texts from a widely-circulated Brazilian newspaper and conclude that there are no differences between the two types of text.
Keywords: Science and media, Science journalism, Science and society.

Volume 8Issue 012025

Aug 26, 2024 pt Article

Behind the scenes of science: journalism as a strategy for combating disinformation

by Kharen Stecca , Luiz Felipe Fernandes Neves , Tiago Mainieri

The article analyzes the series of reports Behind the Scenes of Science, produced by Jornal UFG in 2020, as an action to combat disinformation, spurred by attacks on a researcher during the covid-19 health emergency. In the content analysis of the series’ articles, it is possible to understand some of the values highlighted in the reports as a strategy of credibility of science and the university, as well as of the journalism. In this case, journalism serves as a filter of reality and strategy for defending institutions and science.

Volume 7Issue 022024

Mar 18, 2024 es Article

Environmental Journalism from a Local Perspective in Mexico: Perspectives, Needs, and Challenges

by Isaac Comonfort-Galindo , Ana Claudia Nepote

The present study mapped local media outlets in Michoacán, Mexico, prioritizing science and environmental topics. The work was conducted from February to July 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-two digital media outlets were identified that regularly address environmental and/or science approaches. A survey was conducted with communication and journalism professionals in Michoacán to understand perspectives on specialized journalism in the region. Addressing the challenges requires the reactivation of collaboration networks and medium- to long-term financing strategies to allow for the consolidation of existing initiatives.

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

Sep 11, 2023 es Article

The scientific communication of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo in three periods of analysis

by Sofia Foladori-Invernizzi , Luciano Guillermo Levin Dr.

This study analysed news stories from the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo in three time periods during the first year of the pandemic in Brazil. Through content analysis, in the context of a theoretical framework that includes elements of public communication of science, community health and critical epidemiology, we sought to identify trends and changes in the topics reported and concluded that there is a change of focus with the evolution of the pandemic and limitations are observed to address scientific issues.

Volume 6Issue 022023

May 30, 2023 pt Article

Discourse on Covid-19 vaccines in Brazil: an analysis in a context of epistemic crisis in the journalistic and scientific fields

by Claudine Freiberger Friedrich

In this research, we analyze the meaning of science discourse in the podcast Café da Manhã during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, in a context of epistemic crisis in the journalistic and scientific fields. By applying French Discourse Analysis in episodes that dealt with vaccines, we identified three main discourse units: the government was negligent and negligent; vaccination is governed by the market economy; the benefits of vaccines outweigh their risks. From these nuclei of meaning, we observe the influence of the sociopolitical climate permeated by misinformation and denial in the contruction of journalistic discourse about the techno-scientific discoveries during the pandemic.

Volume 6Issue 012023

May 30, 2023 pt Article

Science in the media: a proposal for information classification based on the case study of "Folha" and "NYT" in the first year of the pandemic

by Mariana Hafiz , Sabine Righetti , Estêvão Gamba , Fernanda Quaglio de Andrade , Natália Flores

The press plays a key role in the media communication of the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on this premise, this study has analyzed a sample of texts on Covid-19 published in "Folha de S.Paulo" and "The New York Times" in the first half of the pandemic in order to categorize the information published in six groups. We found that one in ten contents dealt with "Science and new researches", the same proportion of content covering "Political crisis”. The results show that reporting on science and on crises in the Brazilian and U.S. managements of the pandemic (including misinformation coming from authorities) may have received equal attention from the press.

Volume 6Issue 012023

Nov 21, 2022 es Article

Las voces que hablan en el periodismo científico: tipo de fuentes y temáticas que se presentan en la prensa escrita chilena

by Juan-Ignacio Martin-Neira

La presente investigación da cuenta cómo la prensa escrita chilena ha publicado noticias asociadas a la ciencia y tecnología en los últimos años, analizando las fuentes que se usan y las temáticas que se plantean, haciendo un paralelo de lo que se informaba pre y post pandemia. Los resultados reflejan que hubo una disminución de noticias científicas entre los meses de enero del 2020 y enero del 2021, y que, además, el coronavirus se tomó las pautas informativas de los principales diarios de Chile.

Volume 5Issue 022022

Nov 21, 2022 pt Article

Divulgação científica no período colonial brasileiro: as cartas jesuíticas

by Carlos Henrique Fioravanti

Este artigo situa as cartas jesuíticas entre os primeiros documentos produzidos no período colonial brasileiro com descrições de plantas, animais e povos nativos. A partir de 1549, Manoel da Nóbrega, José de Anchieta e outros jesuítas fizeram relatos do Novo Mundo em linguagem simples, ainda que imbuídos de uma visão aristotélica da natureza e de um olhar de superioridade para com os povos nativos. Traduzidas em outros idiomas e reenviadas para as comunidades de jesuítas ao redor do mundo, as cartas foram reunidas em livros publicados em Lisboa a partir de1735 e no Rio de Janeiro, de 1886.

Volume 5Issue 022022

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