VOICES: the value of openness, inclusion, communication and engagement for science in a post-pandemic world

• Grant number: 22/12564-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: December 01, 2022
• End date: January 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Journalism and Publishing
• Agreement: Trans-Atlantic Platform for the Social Sciences and Humanities
• Principal Investigator: Germana Fernandes Barata
• Grantee: Monique Batista de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Núcleo de Desenvolvimento da Criatividade (NUDECRI). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/07577-8 - VOICES: the value of openness, inclusion, communication and engagement for science in a post-pandemic world, AP.R
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/15669-5 - Open science and universal access to knowledge: an investigation into the changes in scientific culture during the pandemic, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has abruptly and quickly changed scholarly communication and communication of science and technology news. An unknown disease asked for collaborations, speed and access to under development knowledge. Science publishers, research institutions, scientists and the media were in charge of sharing relevant public information about the new disease in open access. This project investigates the relationship between journalism and science output on Covid-19, especially that in open access, to understand whether the changes that have occurred during and after the pandemic mean a rupture and a new culture of greater openness and dialogue between scientists and the media, and between scientific knowledge and society. This subproject aims to answer the following questions: How were the relationship among science, media and public affected during and in post- pandemic, considering open access in science? Did the number of engaged experts, research institutions and journalists increased during and after the pandemic? What has changed? Did the knowledge published in open access increase the presence of papers/preprints in the media and journalists engagement on the scientific debate? How has the rise on media coverage have impacted scientific knowledge and decision making processes? Therefore, this project will analyze the growth of science coverage based on the analysis of science news content published by science news agencies in Brazil and abroad, in addition to the coverage of major selected newsmedia outlets taking into account science output in open access in a pandemic period. How has the perception of research institutions, scientists and journalists changed in considering the open access of science? Starting from a new theoretical framework that considers open research and science dissemination over the long term of a continuum of access, this transnational team will employ a methodology of long term and qualitative scientific and information social methods to demonstrate the long term value of scientific data openness, inclusion and equity in science communication, warns against any barriers and negative effects. (AU)