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The text presents a critical review of the book Women in Science and Cinema, organized by Ana Carolina Vimieiro Gomes and Gustavo Rodrigues Rocha, published in 2024 to mark the 25th anniversary of Scientia – the Theory and History of Science Research Group at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The book consists of chapters that explore a variety of audiovisual works portraying the lives and contributions of women in science or discussing themes related to the presence of women in the scientific enterprise.

“Compartir las ciencias. Comunicación y apropiación de conocimientos en la extensión universitaria” invites us to think about the place of Public Communication of Science (CPC) and Social Appropriation of Knowledge (ASC) in university extension practices. Through a case study - Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos-, it goes through different historical developments of the CPC, the ASC and the different conceptions of university extension in Latin America.

Through discourse analysis, the human-technology relationship in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is explored and the construction of a scenario based on apparently rational rules is discovered, where science, magic and mythology seem to be the same thing. The technology is presented as an invasion to the human, who is forced to adapt to understand the technology that invaded him. Finally, when the human learns not to question the invasion and to use technology to protect and improve himself, the new technology (previously an invader) and the human, integrate until they merge.

During the COVID19 pandemic, social networks became the main source of information and misinformation. In these spaces, image and immediacy prevailed when sharing information. Tiktok appears as an emerging social network with its own performance that promotes entertainment through rapidly making audiovisual content viral. This research studies TikTok as a means of scientific dissemination, analysing the audiovisual resources used and the content published to identify their impact on the social network's niche audiences.

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.

A fin de motivar vocaciones científicas entre niñas y jóvenes, y combatir las representaciones distorsionadas por los prejuicios y estereotipos de género dominantes, se diseñó una estrategia de comunicación de la ciencia para la visibilización de modelos femeninos en ‘STEM’. Presentamos los resultados obtenidos donde, mediante un diagnóstico de consumos mediáticos de consulta y preferencia de un grupo muestra, y una prueba piloto con adolescentes, se lograron datos cualitativos que facultaron la generación de contenidos para redes sociales integrando la ciencia, el diseño y el relato, pero sobre todo las preferencias de la audiencia.

En el artículo se analizan las prácticas y discursos sobre comunicación de las ciencias de docentes-investigadores de una universidad pública argentina (UNER). Mediante un modelo teórico y metodológico elaborado a tal fin, el estudio abordó diversos tipos de acciones (difusión académica, propuestas de vinculación curricular, transferencia y otras) desarrolladas por los agentes. Los resultados muestran el impacto en los habitus profesionales y socio-organizativos de ciertos cambios en el modo de comprender los procesos de producción y circulación del conocimiento científico — y, en general, las relaciones entre ciencia y sociedad — que en la actualidad atraviesan las instituciones académicas.

Neste artigo, realizamos um levantamento de natureza exploratória a fim de identificar e analisar estudos que discutem divulgação científica e controvérsias no contexto da América Latina. A partir de uma busca em repositórios científicos ‘online’ foram coletados 105 artigos acadêmicos, publicados individualmente ou em colaboração por um total de 191 autores. Os temas mais recorrentes são mudanças climáticas, transgênicos e células-tronco. Os resultados obtidos evidenciam que os estudos na área estão dispersos e distribuídos em diversas revistas acadêmicas, com 90% das revistas publicando somente um artigo sobre controvérsias e divulgação científica entre os anos 2000 e 2020.

“Janelas para a natureza” es una compilación de textos de raigambre brasilera que permiten visibilizar el potencial educativo de los dioramas, representaciones tridimensionales frecuentes en museos de historia natural desde fines del siglo XIX. De manera sencilla los autores dan cuenta de diversas experiencias educativas en base a dioramas y nos permiten conocer algo de la historia de este recurso museográfico.