نظریه‌های ارتباطات عمومی علم: کمبودها، انحراف‌ها و گفت‌وگوها

نویسنده

دانشیار مرکز تحقیقات سیاست علمی کشور، تهران، ایران

چکیده

این ایده که علم بسیار پیچیده‌تر از آن است که عموم مردم قادر به درک آن باشند، اگر چه شاید در عصر حاضر تفکر شایعی نباشد، اما سال‌ها بینش رایج در میان اندیشمندان بود. گسترش نفوذ رسانه‌ها و ابزار ارتباطات جمعی، توجه فزاینده عامه مردم به علم فناوری و همچنین آغاز رسانه‌ای‌شدن علم، این حقیقت را روشن می‌نماید که به‌واسطه پیچیدگی‌های مفاهیم علمی، وجود یک میانجی‌گر قدرتمند، میان دانشمندان و عموم مردم ضروری است.
از این رو، هدف این مطالعه ارائه الگوهای ارتباطی برای ایجاد شبکه علمی است. برای رسیدن به این هدف، ناگزیر باید تاریخ علم و نقش دانشمندان در این فرایند مطالعه شود. یافته‌های این مطالعه نشان می‌دهد، در عمومی‌سازی علم توجه به موضوعات علمی، اختلاف نظر میان متخصصان، نهادینه‌شدن علم در جامعه و ثبات مرزهای حرفه‌ای ضروری است، بنابراین باید نقش کلیدی ارتباط در فرایندهای تکاملی و تعریف دوباره مفاهیم علمی، مشارکت شهروندان و دموکراسی علمی مد نظر قرار گیرد.

کلیدواژه‌ها


عنوان مقاله [English]

Theories of General Communications of Science: Deficiencies, Deviations and Explorations

نویسنده [English]

  • Akram Ghadimi
Associate Professor at National Research Institute for Science Policy, Tehran, Iran
چکیده [English]

Although, the idea that science is much more complicated than the public is able to understand it, is not anymore a general thinking among scientist. However, the expansion of media influence and communication tools, the growing public interest in science and technology and also medialization of science, underpins the need for mediation between scientists and general public, made necessary by the complexity of scientific notions.
Hence, the purpose of this study is to find a communication model for creating a scientific network. To achieve this goal, the history of science and the role of scientists in this process should be studied. The findings illustrated that in the popularization of science, attention to scientific issues, the disarrangement between science professionals, institutionalization of science in society and the stability of professional boundaries are necessary, therefore, the key role of communication in evolutionary process and the redefinition of scientific concepts, citizens participation and scientific democracy should be considered.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Science Communications
  • Network
  • Public Understanding of Science
  • Scientific Democracy
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