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The chief objective of this research is to investigate the requirement for a pedagogic study and its relevance in the current scenario of financial and science journalism in Indian newspaper media houses over the last decade. Both fields of journalism are essential for sustainable development. Science journalism is on the decline in most developing countries. However, the actual ground conditions of this scenario need to be unearthed. In this research, 16 metro cities were included, which were Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmadabad, Chandigarh, Ranchi, Guwahati, Shillong, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Jaipur, Bangalore, Visakhapatnam, Nagpur and Bhubaneswar. The study period was from 2001 to 2010. The following newspapers were chosen as relevant to that particular city: Daily Jaipur. Based on the diverse research questions, it could be verified that most newspaper houses favored financial news than science news, and allotted more space for financial news. In fact, science journalists were ...

- by Ted Gragson
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- Sociology, Journalism, Climate Change, Political Ecology
- by Klaus Taschwer
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- Science Communication, Science Policy, Science journalism, Austrian History

A partir do diagnóstico de um afastamento entre o público geral e o universo das instituições de ensino e pesquisa, os estudos em Comunicação e percepção pública da ciência buscam soluções para que essa situação se reverta – processo em que o Jornalismo possui papel fundamental. Neste artigo, realizamos um estudo discursivo de dois modelos jornalísticos – o mais difundido na imprensa brasileira, baseado na estrutura do lead e da pirâmide invertida, e o literário, que se serve de técnicas narrativas – para caracterizá-los como gêneros distintos e indicar as implicações de seus pressupostos ao tratar de ciência e tecnologia. Considera-mos que o Jornalismo literário, focado no processo e no cotidiano, apresenta-se potencialmente mais adequado a descrever o que Latour chama de “ciência em construção”, que proporciona ao leitor uma visão mais crítica, enquanto o modelo pirâmide, focado nos resultados, tende ao reducionismo e precipitação.

- by Mateus Yuri Passos
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- Creative Nonfiction, Literary Journalism, Journalism, Science Communication

Media professionals covering science face choices daily or hourly on how to tell the stories from science, based on the material at their disposal. They draw on a stock of story-types that construct science in distinct and definable ways. This paper proposes a typology of these stories, comprising eight types.
This paper has not been published. Comments are welcome.

- by Brian Trench
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- Science Communication, Science journalism

Many citizens and decision‐makers get information about science mainly, or even exclusively, from news and online media. Accordingly, social science has devoted considerable attention to the analysis of science news coverage. A review of this literature reveals a number of ongoing, substantial transformations: In line with the crisis of legacy media, the rise of online communication and the extension of PR by many societal stakeholders, science communication is changing. Science journalism has come under pressure in publishing houses, and science journalists' working conditions have worsened. The amount of science news coverage is stagnating, albeit after a rise that lasted several decades, and seems to navigate towards either a more polarized, controversial reporting about politicized issues such as gene editing, or towards a less critical " churnalism " which is stronger influenced by PR efforts than before. The implications of these changes for science communication and societal decisions regarding science communication are considered.

- by Mike S Schäfer
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- Science Communication, Social Media, Science journalism, Online Communication

Los noticiarios de TV suelen ser la fuente principal de información científica de la ciudadanía. Los análisis de contenido se centran, comúnmente, en el número de notas de CyT, salud y medio ambiente, su ubicación en los noticiarios, las fuentes y los encuadres. Hemos desarrollado una variante metodológica a partir de un conjunto de categorías que conforman un perfil de ciencia susceptible de ser reconocido en las fuentes primarias (i.e., los artículos en la literatura especializada) y en los productos periodísticos. Lo hemos puesto a prueba con dos tipos de ejercicio de identificación en: i) un conjunto aleatorio de artículos científicos de varias disciplinas; y ii) noticiarios de TV pública en 4 países.
Presentamos resultados preliminares que muestran que el perfil representa fielmente la ciencia en los artículos científicos, pero que las notas de ciencia en los noticiarios contienen poco de ese perfil.

- by Itzel Elizabeth Gómez Gurrola and +2
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- Science Communication, Science journalism

Slides presented at the 2021 National Secondary Press Conference, held online from August 11-13, 2021. Here I give basic pointers on how to mine a scientific paper for information; how to conduct an interview; how to laymanize complex... more

El objetivo del presente trabajo es indagar las representaciones del periodismo científico presentes en la obra de ficción del científico, escritor y divulgador científico norteamericano Carl Sagan (1934-1996). Sagan, autor de clásicos de la divulgación científica como la serie Cosmos, El Cerebro de Broca, y Un Pálido Punto Azul es quizás uno de los nombres más conocidos mundialmente a los cuáles se puede asociar el concepto de “divulgación científica”, al lado de Isaac Asimov. A su vez, en innumerables ensayos, artículos y específicamente en el libro El Mundo y sus Demonios ha reflexionado acerca del papel de la divulgación de la ciencia y de la tecnología y de la importancia del conocimiento científico en la sociedad moderna. Por fin, una faceta menos desarrollada es la de escritor de ficción científica, presente únicamente a través del libro Contacto, posteriormente trasladada al cine en la película homónima. Precisamente, la novela Contacto será el objeto de análisis de este trabajo. Nuestro objetivo es situar dicha obra no como ciencia ficción, sino como trabajo de divulgación científica. El primer eje de análisis trata la cuestión de la “aventura científica”. El segundo eje de análisis es la divulgación científica presente en el libro, con la explicación de conocimientos y fenómenos científicos de “manera sencilla”. Y el tercero, y principal, deriva de la idea de que la novela funciona como una consumación de los deseos de Carl Sagan, con la popularización de temas recurrentes en el autor (como la objetividad científica y la preservación del planeta) y, de manera más contundente, la búsqueda por vida extra terrestre por parte de la comunidad SETI. Además, el análisis de la propia biografía el escritor complementa sus visiones acerca de las múltiples relaciones entre ciencia, ciencia ficción y divulgación científica, y de las innumerables cuestiones que derivan de ellas.

- by Leonor Solís
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- Science Communication, Environmental Communication, Science journalism

Bab ini memaparkan praktik jurnalisme krisis COVID-19 di Indonesia dengan mencermati lima dimensinya. Kelima dimensi itu adalah kesiapan jurnalis melaporkan sinyal awal risiko Corona, liputan kritis terhadap intervensi pemerintah untuk penanganan krisis, penyampaian informasi yang mendalam dan akurat, keberpihakkan terhadap kelompok rentan dan keamanan liputan. Pihak-pihak yang menjadi informan dalam artikel ini adalah para jurnalis yang tergabung dalam Jurnalis Krisis dan Bencana (JKB), Society of Indonesian Science Journalist(SISJ), Komisi Keselamatan Jurnalis (KKJ), Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) Indonesia, dan sejumlah jurnalis dari berbagai media. Sumber-sumber sekunder digunakan dalam artikel ini.

- by GILANG D E S T I PARAHITA
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- Journalism, Crisis Communication, Crisis Journalism, Science journalism
- by Joan-Francesc Fondevila-Gascón
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- Screenwriting, History, Cultural Studies, Psychology

The chapter analyses H. G. Wells’s characterization of the The Time Machine’s protagonist and narrator, the Time Traveller, whose story serves as part of Wells’s broader strategy for criticising late Victorian modalities of science communication to non-specialist audiences. The Traveller’s ability to translate his scientific expertise into economic and social mobility is accompanied by ‘gift of speech’ which positions him as a potential popularizer of scientific knowledge. Wells addresses this capacity in his narrative of the future, which is embedded in late Victorian cultural discourses founded on misinterpretations of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. As a scientist who fails to distance himself from popular fallacies about evolution, the Traveller’s persona reflects deep frustration with widespread misunderstandings of science: a frustration which Wells concurrently expressed in his journalism.

- by Anahita Rouyan
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- Literature And Science, Science journalism, H. G. Wells, Victorian science

Vietnam, with a geographical proximity and a high volume of trade with China, was the first country to record an outbreak of the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2. While the country was expected to have a high risk of transmission, as of April 4, 2020—in comparison to attempts to contain the disease around the world—responses from Vietnam are being seen as prompt and effective in protecting the interests of its citizens, with 239 confirmed cases and no fatalities. This study analyzes the situation in terms of Vietnam’s policy response, social media and science journalism. A self-made web crawl engine was used to scan and collect official media news related to COVID-19 between the beginning of January and April 4, yielding a comprehensive dataset of 14,952 news items. The findings shed light on how Vietnam—despite being under-resourced—has demonstrated political readiness to combat the emerging pandemic since the earliest days. Timely communication on any developments of the outbreak from the government and the media, combined with up-to-date research on the new virus by the Vietnamese science community, have altogether provided reliable sources of information. By emphasizing the need for immediate and genuine cooperation between government, civil society and private individuals, the case study offers valuable lessons for other nations concerning not only the concurrent fight against the COVID-19 pandemic but also the overall responses to a public health crisis.

- by Hoàng Nguyễn
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- Social Media, Vietnam, Science journalism, Public Policy

A significant amount of science coverage can be found nowadays in the mass media and is the main source of information about science for many. Accordingly, the relation between science and the media has been intensively analyzed within the social scientific community. It is difficult to keep track of this research, however, as a flurry of studies has been published on the issue. This article provides such an overview. First, it lays out the main theoretical models of science communication, that is, the ‘public understanding of science’ and the ‘mediatization’ model. Second, it describes existing empirical research. In this section, it demonstrates how science’s agenda-building has improved, how science journalists working routines are described, how different scientific disciplines are presented in the mass media and what effects these media representations (might) have on the audience. Third, the article points out future fields of research.

- by Mike S Schäfer
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- Media Sociology, Communication, Science Communication, Mass Communication

Aim/Purpose: In this paper, we address the theoretical challenges today’s scientific community faces to precisely draw lines between true and false pictures. In particular, we focus on problems related to the hidden wonders of science and the shiny images produced for scientific papers or to appeal to wider audiences. Background: As rumors (hoaxes) and false news (fake news) explode across society and the current network, several initiatives using current technology have been launched to study this phenomena and limit the social impact. Over the last two decades, inappropriate scientific behavior has raised more questions about whether some scientific images are valid. Methodology: This work is not about analyzing whether today’s images are objective. Instead, we advocate for a general approach that makes it easier to truly believe in all kinds of knowledge, scientific or otherwise (Goldman, 1967; Goldman, & Olson, 2009). This need to believe is closely related to social order (Shap...

- by Francisco López-Cantos
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- Information Systems, Sociology, Computer Science, Science Communication
- by Joan-Francesc Fondevila-Gascón
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- History, Cultural Studies, Psychology, Social Psychology

This article explores science journalism in the context of the media competition for readers' attention. It offers a qualitative stylistic perspective on how popular journalism colonizes science communication. It examines a sample of 400 headlines collected over the period of 15 months from the ranking of five 'most-read' articles on the website of the international magazine New Scientist. Dominant lexical properties of the sample are first identified through frequency and keyness survey and then analysed qualitatively from the perspective of the stylistic projection of newsworthiness. The analysis illustrates various degrees of stylistic 'hybridity' in online popularization of scientific research. Stylistic patterns that celebrate, domesticate or personalize science coverage (characteristic of popular journalism) are intertwined with devices that foreground tentativeness, precision and informativeness (characteristic of science communication). The article reflects on the implications of including various proportions of academic and popular styles in science journalism.

- by Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska
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- Science journalism
- by Flavia Natércia
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- Science journalism

When a dozen U.S. newspaper science journalists gathered in New York in 1934 to form a professional association, little did they know how their vocation would change in less than a century. Since that meeting, science journalism has evolved from the “gee whiz” of early reporting to focus on the interplay
between science, society, and politics. Yet science journalism must continue to evolve, and must now look beyond the print model and its inherent limitations.

- by Alfred Hermida
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- New Media, Blogs, Digital Media, Online Journalism

Digital media, while opening a vast array of avenues for lay people to effectively engage with news, information and debates about important science and health issues, have become a fertile land for various stakeholders to spread misinformation and disinformation, stimulate uncivil discussions and engender ill-informed, dangerous public decisions. Recent developments of the Covid-19 infodemic might just be the tipping point of a process that has been long simmering in controversial areas of health and science (e.g., climate-change denial, anti-vaccination, anti-5G, Flat Earth doctrines). We bring together a wide range of fresh data and perspectives from four continents to help media scholars, journalists, science communicators , scientists, health professionals and policy-makers to better undersand these developments and what can be done to mitigate their impacts on public engagement with health and science controversies.

- by An Nguyen
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- Health Communication, Science Communication, Vaccines, Conspiracy Theories

Within a time that has been given obscure names like post-truth, and reporting on climate change framed in an apocalyptic and catastrophic way, immediate goals, norms, and approaches of journalists need to be re-focused. The concept of metamorphosis is based on the belief that a cosmopolitan risk like climate change can hold hidden emancipatory potential for an automatic transition into a more positive future. This case study examined climate change reporting within the constructive medium Positive News, to evaluate its contribution to such a metamorphosis, and suggests a new understanding of metamorphosis, which is conscious, not hidden. Within it, constructive journalists are seen as active contributors, holding imminent power for such a change. Positive News used constructive elements like a prevailing solution-focus, a more reciprocal media model adopting new journalistic norms like transparency, and an embrace of climate change, which serves as the basis for harvesting its emancipatory potential.

This seminar will explore the relationship between power, politics, and science and technology. We will investigate stakeholders such as scientists, entrepreneurs, technologists, activists, policy-makers and their institutional contexts; and compare global flows of science and technology (S&T) through governmental, non-governmental, and transnational organizations. We will also examine representations of science and technology in media systems and international development programs. At the heart of this course is the relationship between science and technology, on the one hand; and science and communication on the other.
As an applied component of this course, students will develop case studies addressing the particular nexus between communication, science and technology, and policy matters in relation to several historical and current issues, such as climate change, space exploration, nuclear power, the genome project, big data, indigenous science, etc. Students will benefit from frequent active learning techniques, several guest lectures, and field visits. Each case study will delve deeper into the core inquiry of this seminar such as: how science and technology are communicated in a particular context, and why?

- by Anis Rahman
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- Communicating Science, Science journalism, Communication Studies, Popular Science

Our societies are dominated and even 'driven' by ideas and products of science and technology and their relevance is increasing constantly as the days go on. Science education is the field concerned with sharing science content with common people rather than the field experts to promote a culture of scientific and critical thinking. Media is one of the chief sources of science information where its aim to serve the common people. The study focused on the role of print media in providing science education in which two leading Kannada newspapers were studied under content analysis method. It revealed that, there were differences in science coverage of those two dailies and the existing patterns are in informative approach rather than educational one. Study upheld the results like health and medical science, environment and agriculture got highest priorities through news format followed by article and columns. Self-sourced Indian origin science is widely catered with the less interest generating attempts. The present substantial science dissemination needs to improve in its qualitative approaches which will be helpful in arousing interests among readers and also to consider it as a classroom education material.

- by Vinay G P and +1
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- Media Studies, Science Communication, Science Education, Print media

Abstract: This thesis is an investigation into audience perception of the use of science frames versus non-science frames in news journalism covering science content. The effect of a science frame versus a non-science frame is measured through survey treatments that measure three dependent variables: The audience perceptions of the message source, meaningfulness of the message, and the journalistic ‘objectivity’ of that message. Participants responded more favorably to a science frame than to a non-science frame in national coverage of the discovery of Homo naledi from 2015 for all three variables. The findings indicate that using a non-science frame to cover a science story does not reflect well on the journalist, does not make the story more meaningful, and does not increase a sense of journalistic balance for audiences.

- by Honey Hallock
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- Media Framing, Science journalism, Mass media, Science Coverage in News Channels

While the movement from research to practice in medicine and health policy is well studied in the philosophy of medicine, an underresearched component of this knowledge-to-action trajectory has been the influence of media reporting on newsworthy health research. Media analysis has characteristically been a focus of communications and not philosophical research. However the epistemic and rhetorical impact of science and health reporting warrants attention by philosophers as another facet of the complex science-values relationship in healthcare. Science journalism (of which health makes up roughly 50% of its content (Hargreaves 2012)) shapes public understanding and engagement, which in turn influences patient choice as well as organizational and policy decisions. All the while, science reporting is frequently criticized for sensationalizing new findings and omitting the uncertainty of novel research, thereby misleading the publics into thinking that new scientific ideas are fully established (see, for example, Abola and Prasad 2016). In this chapter, we highlight many of these issues in our presentation of an original case study of media uptake of scientific research addressing a politically charged issue: vaccine hesitancy.

Science communication and science journalism are important in today’s knowledge-based societies.
However, little is known about science journalists, especially those in Switzerland. Therefore, this study
investigates the professional situation and self-conception of Swiss science journalists. The results from
a survey of 78 Swiss science journalists show that they resemble their international colleagues in regard
to sociodemographic characteristics and professional self-conceptions. In comparison to their colleagues
from other countries, Swiss science journalists work under privileged circumstances and, accordingly,
are comparatively satisfied with their professional situation. Nevertheless, they also perceive changes
indicative of an upcoming crisis of journalism.

- by Silje Kristiansen and +2
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- Survey Research, Science journalism, Journalism Studies, Switzerland

In the Philippines, the communication of science through the news is underdeveloped – newsrooms are undermanned with science reporters and there is no beat dedicated to covering science issues. This study described the current state of science reporting among the local media by analyzing content produced by Philippine online news website. Online articles from January 2015 to January 2017 were collected through Google News and science-related keywords were used to select news articles. Finding revealed that the coverage of science remains stuck in science pages and journalists are urged to rethink the ways by which they tell science stories. Moreover, scientists are not provided with enough space to talk about scientific issues or other issues that require their technical expertise.

Reconciliation of the backstage of the 15th July 2016
coup attempt with energy wars along with the Turkish
JDP’s mega projects and nuclear energy policies leading
Turkey towards 2023 objectives are on the media agenda.
Te Republic of Turkey is in an energy clamp due to
its geopolitical and geostrategic position, its symbiotic
relations with the Turkish and Islamic world and its
potentiality of becoming an energy-corridor stretching
from Eurasia and the Middle East towards Europe.
Tis study aims to observe the media reﬂections on the
nuclear energy policy during the ruling period of JDP
Governments, and the success of the Turkish newspapers
to inform the public about nuclear energy in connection
with science journalism as well as the attitude of the press.
Total 951 news articles about nuclear energy, published
between 2000 -2016 on the web sites of the three selected
Turkish daily newspapers with diﬀerent editorial policy,
political lines and circulations, were evaluated through
content analysis method. It is discussed how the media
approaches to the nuclear energy along with the attitudeanalysis exhibiting the objectivity or bias in the news, and
the news-framing showing the nuclear stance of media.
Keywords: Turkish JDP, nuclear energy, nuclear stance, science
journalism, news framing

- by Dr. Gülsen Saray
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- Science journalism
- by Klaus Taschwer
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- Science Communication, Science journalism
- by Saleh Al-Shair
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- Science journalism

Based primarily on a systematic review of the relevant literature between 2000 and 2017, this article reflects on the state of journalism about science in developing countries, with a focus on its issues, challenges and implications for their developmental processes and causes. Five major themes emerge from our analysis: (a) heavy dependence on foreign sources, especially the media of the Global North; (b) the low status of domestic science news in newsrooms; (c) uncritical science reporting that easily lends itself to influences of non-science vested interests; (d) tight grip of politics on science journalism; and (e) ineffective relationships between science and journalism. We will demonstrate that, while some of these problems exist in the North, they can have far more severe consequences on the progress of the South, where news plays an almost exclusive role in informing and engaging laypeople with science and its socio-cultural, economic and political implications.

El objetivo del presente trabajo es indagar las representaciones del periodismo científico presentes en la obra del científico, escritor y divulgador científico norteamericano Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), uno de los más reconocidos nombres de la ciencia ficción y de la divulgación científica mundiales, autor de cerca de quinientos libros a lo largo de su vida. Debido a esta doble, o más bien triple, actuación profesional, en la que compartió la actividad de investigación científica y la escritura de divulgación, Asimov es un personaje que transita entre dos mundos y que ha comprendido y detectado los problemas y características de la relación ciencia y sociedad (en sentido genérico), principalmente a través de la divulgación científica. Nuestro punto de partida es la hipótesis de que sus observaciones respecto este tema aparecen justamente en su tercer conjunto de obras, la de ciencia ficción, y para alcanzar nuestro objetivo hemos analizado sus principales y más famosos cuentos en el género. A lo largo de nuestro análisis hemos detectado varias situaciones en las cuales aparecen la figura del escritor científico y algunos temas que se encuadran completamente dentro de la discusión e investigación acerca de la divulgación y del periodismo científicos en la actualidad: la difícil relación entre científicos y periodistas, con sus lenguajes aparentemente irreconciliables (el sensacionalismo y la simplificación exagerada por una parte, el rigor y la incomprensibilidad por otro); el impacto de la divulgación en la opinión pública y sobretodo en la financiación de la investigación científica y en las políticas científicas y tecnológicas, la utilización de analogías y figuras del lenguaje como herramientas de trabajo del divulgador científico; el alejamiento por parte de los científicos de la necesidad de compartir los hallazgos científicos con la sociedad en general. Además, el análisis de la propia biografía del escritor complementa sus visiones acerca de las múltiples relaciones entre ciencia, ciencia ficción y divulgación científica, y de las innumerables cuestiones que derivan de ellas.

- by Marcelo Sabbatini
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- Science Fiction, Science journalism, Isaac Asimov, Ciencia ficción

During 2015 an unusually large number of articles denouncing seagull 'antisocial behaviour' appeared in the British press, with public outcry pushing for culls to seagull populations and political figures like former Prime Minister David Cameron publicly denouncing a 'seagull problem'. We analyse the discourses surrounding these negative representations and compare these to the few published scientific responses to the media hype. We look at how cultural values surrounding wildlife moulded the controversy and the vitriolic attacks on seagulls by the general public, then compared them to previous cases of wildlife demonization. Specifically, we illustrate how i) seagulls were first anthropomorphised and then demonised using discourses of social deviancy; ii) boundary-breaching is used as the rhetorical source for pestilence discourses. We conclude by considering how science communication and journalism could be better carried out in similar episodes by firstly considering them as distinct cultural practices, embedded in specific socio-cultural milieus that are too-often ignored by science.

- by Luis Reyes-Galindo and +1
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- Media Studies, Journalism, Animal Science, Ornithology

Science fiction writing in Punjabi began sometime in the 1970s. In the last five decades, only a few original books and translation works have been published in this field of Punjabi literature. However, in recent years, a new vigour has been observed, thereby, many science fiction stories have been published by several Punjabi writers in various newspapers and magazines within India and abroad. Some writers have also contributed to the development of this field by writing original books as well as by translating the science fiction works of various noted writers of other languages in Punjabi.
In this article, the contributions made by various persons/organizations, to the development of science fiction writings in Punjabi are discussed. The role of various government agencies, institutions and NGOs in this field is also reported. The state of art report for science fiction literature in Punjabi is presented. The role of print/mass media in its development is discussed. Science fiction writing in Punjabi is in its infancy and has great potential for writers to make their contributions.

Over the past few decades the mass media have increasingly shaped public awareness. For many people, television, the radio, or the press are the only sources for archaeological topics and it is essential, therefore, to be able to collaborate with the world of journalism. It is not only sensational news stories that have an opportunity of being covered by the media, but also serious issues — provided that they are well told. Communicating scientific results to an audience outside one's own specialist subject is, however, not only a question of good will, but also of skill. This article focuses on how to get the attention of the mass media, how to exert influence on the quality of a newspaper article, radio or film, and how to communicate what is really important. It provides an overview of public and media relations and tries to give some helpful suggestions.

- by Diane Scherzler
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- Archaeology, Public Archaeology, Science Communication, Mass Communication

Having geographical proximity and a high volume of trade with China, the first country to record an outbreak of the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Vietnam was expected to have a high risk of transmission. However, as of 4 April 2020, in comparison to attempts to containing the disease around the world, responses from Vietnam are seen as prompt and effective in protecting the interests of its citizens, with 239 confirmed cases and no fatalities. This study analyzes the situation in terms of Vietnam’s policy response, social media and science journalism. A self-made web crawl engine was used to scan and collect official media news related to COVID-19 between the beginning of January and April 4, yielding a comprehensive dataset of 14,952 news items. The findings shed light on how Vietnam—despite being under-resourced—has demonstrated political readiness to combat the emerging pandemic since the earliest days. Timely communication on any developments of the outbreak from the gover...

- by Hằng Phạm
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- Political Science, Social Media, Public Health, Vietnam

Based primarily on a systematic review of the relevant literature between 2000 and 2017, this article reflects on the state of journalism about science in developing countries, with a focus on its issues, challenges and implications for their developmental processes and causes. Five major themes emerge from our analysis: (a) heavy dependence on foreign= sources, especially the media of the Global North; (b) the low status of domestic science news in newsrooms; (c) uncritical science reporting that easily lends itself to influences of non-science vested interests; (d) tight grip of politics on science journalism; and (e) ineffective relationships between science and journalism. We will demonstrate that, while some of these problems exist in the North, they can have far more severe consequences on the progress of the South, where news plays an almost exclusive role in informing and engaging laypeople with science and its sociocultural, economic and political implications.

- by An Nguyen and +1
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- Development Studies, Science Communication, Public Understanding Of Science, Media Arts and Sciences

The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, WhatsApp etc regarding science communication among the people of 7 countries, mainly teenagers, college-university students, general people, scientists and science journalists. Communication is emotionally gratifying but how do such technological distraction impact on academic performance? Because of social media platform's widespread adoption by university students, there is an interest in how those social media is related to academic performance. This paper measure frequency of use, participation in activities and time spent preparing for diffusion of science communication activities in southeast Asian countries. Moreover, the impact of social network site on academic performance also raised another major concern which is heterogeneity character of social media. How can a science journalist or scientists feel comfortable to involve and use more in social media, is to be thinking about. Social network sites were only an electronic connection between users, but unfortunately it has become an addiction for students. This paper examines the relationship between social network sites and role of science communicators.

- by Dr. Ratul Datta
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- Journalism, Social Media, Science journalism, South east Asia

Comunicarea științei este la fel de difertă de o conferință cu specialiști cum este o reclamă la McDonalds față de lista ingredientelor de pe cutie.

For a few decades now, the general finding of the decline of "humanistic" areas of knowledge in most countries has been recurrent, while guided teaching and research around disciplines understood as more "scientific"-particularly those grouped in the STEM area and those related to Health and Biomedicine-have become increasingly popular. The widespread perception of the low utility and social application of humanistic knowledge, as well as its lack of scientific rigor, is not only common among citizens but also very prevalent among the research community, especially in the design of institutional policies for the social promotion of knowledge and scientific culture. In this study, we analyze the communicative strategy of research promotion at SINC news agency, as a sample of the institutional policies that are promoted by the Spanish public institutions in relation to the Humanities and Social Sciences areas. To this end, we use a methodological strategy that combines the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the contents understood as "humanistic" published in SINC and compare it with a sample of those perceived as more "scientific." The results of the analysis confirm the low institutional interest in the promotion of "humanistic" knowledge by the SINC news agency of the Spanish Science and Technology Foundation (FECYT).

- by Francisco López-Cantos
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- Humanities, Journalism, Social Sciences, Science Communication