| Grant number: | 17/04989-8 |
| Support type: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Journalism |
| Effective date (Start): | April 01, 2017 |
| Effective date (End): | March 31, 2018 |
| Field of knowledge: | Applied Social Sciences - Communications |
| Principal Investigator: | Fernando Jorge da Paixão Filho |
| Grantee: | Wilson Krugner Vicentim |
| Home Institution: | Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Local de pesquisa : | World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), Canada |
| Associated research grant: | 13/07699-0 - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics - NeuroMat, AP.CEPID |
Abstract One of the main challenges faced by the academic community, science diffusion may be and is already potentialized by technologies attributed to the so-called web 2.0, among which, there is Wikipedia. This project has as goal to continue the process of intensification ofthe use of the on-line encyclopedia in the diffusion of contents related to Neuromathematics,focus of the NeuroMat Wikipedia Initiative. Another purpose is to understand the relationbetween numeracy in a country and the level of its inhabitants' contributions to the entries onthe subject on the electronic encyclopedia. | |