Controversial scientific issues in science journalism and their implications for journalism education

• Grant number: 12/03546-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Journalism and Publishing
• Principal Investigator: Maria José Pereira Monteiro de Almeida
• Grantee: Ricardo Henrique Almeida Dias
• Supervisor: Stuart Allan
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Educação (FE). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Bournemouth University (BU), England
• Associated to the scholarship: 10/05595-4 - Processes of science in journalism training: the working of a teaching unit, BP.DR

Abstract

The research will be about science journalism with emphasis on aspects of science which generate controversies and conflict between stakeholders and audience in the science conveyed by the media. In addition, the survey will explore shifts in science journalism related to forms, practices and epistemologies in online environments. In base of this survey, we will work on how these discourses of science, technology, journalism and new informational environments could be taught in journalism classrooms. (AU)