De la torre de marfil a la arena pública: el papel de los científicos en la comunicación de la ciencia y la tecnología
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The classical notion of science as being
neutral and devoid of responsibilities for the
problematic consequences of the results of
scientific research has been progressively
eroded. In this new context, scientists are being
compelled to go outside their traditional
refuge, the lab, and render account to society,
systematically. The present paper analyzes
the context in which these transformations
have occurred in the most recent history.
Moreover, it reflects about the reasons why
scientific organizations have begun to promote
the idea that communicating research
results to the general public, is a task that
must be incorporated to day-to-day scientific
endeavor. Furthermore, it raises the need to
provide scientists the specific tools to communicate
their research results to a non-expert
public. In addition, it invites to reconsider
public communication of science activities
beyond scientific journalism practice. Finally,
it suggests that the challenge of communicating
research results to wider audiences implies finding strategies that allow scientists to
break their traditional forms of peer-to-peer
communication, mainly argumentative, and
transform them into narratives