Connecting science: “The pandemic has made it possible to democratize the conditions for access to knowledge” – Unidiversidad

This was voiced on Radio U by Pablo Esteban, journalist for various national media and press producer for “La Liga de la Ciencia” (Public TV). He presented what will be his speech at UNCUYO’s Faculty of Exact Sciences, in the framework of the National Science and Technology Week.

in the frame National Science and Technology WeekAnd the It could be worse (U radius) I spoke with the leader, journalist from various national media and press producer of La Liga de la Ciencia (Public TV) Paul Stephen, who gave an initial presentation of what would be his speech at the Faculty of Exact Sciences in UNCUYO Scientific communication after the pandemic: between fake newsError and celebration.

The idea of ​​the talk is to think about the way science is communicated. Like I said well, the pandemic It served as a turning point, as a turning point to rethink a little bit the way, the forms, the ways we transmit scientific knowledge. So, the idea is to address some of the tools that are traditionally used in the field of public science communication. address how “fake news” It can affect how information is disseminated. Also consider the role of scientists when publishing their research.

Has the epidemic affected the way public science is communicated? Esteban considered that he did so in a positive way. “It made it possible to democratize the conditions for access and participation of the population in scientific knowledge,” he said.

“In this line, there is a before and after. I would venture to say that there is more awareness of this, that more people are encouraged to tell what they are doing, and what we celebrate, but there are still many obstacles. There are still many obstacles,” he explained. It is a conservatism on the part of many scholars when it comes to communicating their work.

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