P5031218 - Comunicación de la Ciencia y Periodismo Científico (Módulo I: Filosofía e Historia de la Ciencia) - Curso 2011/2012

Información

• Créditos ECTS
• Créditos ECTS: 5.00
• Total: 5.0
• Horas ECTS
• Clase Expositiva: 15.00
• Clase Interactiva Seminario: 20.00
• Horas de Tutorías: 5.00
• Total: 40.0

Otros Datos

• Tipo: Materia Ordinaria Máster RD 1393/2007
• Departamentos: Departamento Externo
• Áreas: Área Externa para el postgrado oficial
• Centro: Facultad de Filosofía
• Convocatoria: 1º Semestre de Titulaciones de Grado/Máster
• Docencia y Matrícula: null

Profesores

Nombre	Coordinador

Horarios

Nombre	Tipo Grupo	Tipo Docencia	Horario Clase	Horario exámenes
Grupo CLE01	Ordinario	Clase Expositiva	NO	NO
Grupo CLIS_01	Ordinario	Clase Interactiva Seminario	NO	NO
Grupo TI-ECTS01	Ordinario	Horas de Tutorías	NO	NO

Programa

Existen programas da materia para los siguientes idiomas:

Castellano

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Course objectives
Cross-sectional Objectives:
- To place the Communication of Science in the Frame of the Studies CTS and the Studies of Philosophy of Science.
- To acquire Practical Skills and Theoretical Knowledge that facility the Task of Communication of Science.
Specific Objectives:
- The Student must acquire Conscience of the importance that has in the Current Society the Science and the Technique, so the Relation that exists between a Scientific Information of Quality and a Democracy of Quality.
- The Student must understand the irreplaceable Contribution that the Media has in the Divulgation of the Tecno-Science.
- The Student needs to know the Theoretical Bases of the Scientific Journalism.
- The Student must obtain the Tools, the practical Skills and the adequate Formation for the Professional Exercise in the Field of the Scientific Journalism.

Contents
Subject Description:
Communication of Science is a task that assumes Scientifics, responsible of several institutions (Universities, Companies, Research Centres, Public Administrations…), Journalists, Advisers, and Philosophers of Science. The interested People by the Communication of Science are much more; we are all like Citizens, Consumers, and Human Beings with Curiosity… The way in which is realized this task interferes on the Quality of Democracy, on daily Living and the own Development of Science. The Subject tries to contribute in the Theoretical and Practical Field to teach professionals that can assume with Competence this Task of Communication of Science.

Syllabus:
1- Introduction. Scientific Journalism and Current Context.
1.1 Terminological Questions: Communication, diffusion, Dissemination and Popularization of Science. Scientific Journalism and Communication of Science.
1.2 Preceding and Historical Evolution of Scientific Journalism.
1.3 Tecno-Science like a Social Event.
1.4 Symbiosis between Tecno-Science and Politics.
1.5 The Nature “politicized”.
1.6 Tecno-Science is Action, not only Results.
1.7 The Tecno-Scientific Decisions are not based on certain Calculus.

2- Functions of the Scientific Journalism in the Current Context.
2.1 The “Model of Deficit” and the New Theoretical Perspectives on Scientific Journalism.
2.2 Communication of the Tecno-Science like adaptive, open and social System.
2.3 Constitutive Purposes and internal Stresses of the Communication System of the Tecno-Science.
2.4 Interactions of the Communication System of the Tecno-Science with other social and natural Systems.
2.5 Scientific Journalism is a free Society. Scientific Journalism and Democracy. Scientific Journalism and Development.

3- Scientific Journalism: Practical Aspects.
3.1 Scientific Journalism like specialized Journalism.
3.2 Communication of the Tecno-Science like Informational Phenomenon.
3.3 The Transmitter: the Scientific Journalist, his Training and Ethics of the Profession. Responsibility of the Scientific Journalist. Sources.
3.4 The Channel: The different Media and the Communication of the Tecno-Science. The Writing Press. Radio. Television. Internet. Other Media of the Tecno-Science, Museums, Cinema, Literature, Science-Fiction…
3.5 The Message: The Formal Construction of the Message. How to approach the Singularities of the Tecno-Scientific Information. Language Problems in the Tecno-Science Communication and Expositive Resources. Metaphors in Science and Metaphors in Communication of Science. The Journalistic Genders and the Communication of the Tecno-Science (news, Report, Interview…). What is News in Tecno-Science. Scientific Journalism of Opinion. Journalism of Precision.
3.6 The Content: Special Problems and Resources for the Communication of Science according to the Thematic Fields. Technology and Communication of Risk. Physical Sciences and Mathematics. Psychology, Economy, Human and Social Sciences. Biology and Medicine. Consolidation of the Health and Environment like Themes of Journalistic Interest.
3.7 The Receiver: Communication of the Tecno-Science and its Publics. General and Specialized Formats. Communication of the Tecno-Science directed to the Public in General. Communication of the Tecno-Science directed to Specific Sectors according to their Training, Interest, Ages, and Regions… Journalists, Scientifics, Politicians and Managers like Public of the Communication of the Tecno-Science. The Process of Communication of Science: an Interactive Process.

Basic and complementary bibliography
Bibliography:
- AA.VV.: Percepción Social de la Ciencia y la Tecnología en España-2004. FECyT, Madrid, 2005.
- M. Calvo Hernando: Divulgación y Periodismo científico: entre la claridad y la exactitud. UNAM, México. 2003.
- C. Elías: La ciencia a través del periodismo. Nivola, Madrid, 2003.
- A. Alonso y C. Galán (eds.): La tecnociencia y su divulgación: un enfoque transdisciplinar. Anthropos, Barcelona, 2004.
- D. Locke: La ciencia como escritura. Cátedra, Madrid, 1997.
- A. M. Sánchez Mora: La divulgación de la ciencia como Literatura. Unam, México, 2000.
- A. Marcos y F. Calderón: “Una teoría de la divulgación de la ciencia” Revista Colombiana de Filosofía de la Ciencia, 6 y 7: 7-40, Bogotá, 2002.
- A. Marcos: “Periodismo científico…¿de opinión?”, capítulo incluido en N. Horenstein, L. Minhot y H. Severgnini (eds.): Epistemología e historia de la ciencia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba (Argentina), 2002, Págs. 239-245.

Competence
- Methodological Abilities.
1- To be able to take decisions reasonably.
2- To have analysis and Synthesis ability.
3- To be able to handle relevant bibliography.
4- To be able to create legible, complete and technically correct documentations.

- Technological Skills.
Basic abilities to use Internet and the rest of Internet services for the obtaining and handling of information related to the subject.

- Linguistic Skills.
- To acquire and use fluently a good oral and written scientific language, being rigorous both in the oral and written explanations.

- Interpersonal Competences.
Interpersonal Competences are divided into competences for Group tasks and the ones concerning commitment to work.

Teaching methodology
Teaching Strategy:
- Practical and Theoretical Classes, also Guided Works and Tutorials.
The Theoretical Sessions will refer to the Points of the Syllabus. The Practical Sessions will consist of:
- Critical Analysis Tecno-Scientific Information Pieces published in Writing, Audiovisual and Internet Media.
- Elaboration on the part of the Students of Tecno-Scientific Information Pieces for several Media and Discussion of them.

Resources:
- The Subject will count with a Blog through the Mark obtained in a Guided Work and the Activities realized for the Practical Sessions.

Assessment system
Assessment Criteria:
The Assessment will make taking into account the Mark obtained in a Guided Work and the Activities realized for the Practical Sessions.

Study time and individual work
Total Hours of the Student´s Work: 125 h.
10 Hours of Presence Classes.
Total Following of the Theoretical Part: 75 h.
Hours of the Student´s Personal Work: 45 Hours of Theory; 30 for the Work´s Elaboration; 10 Hours for other Activities (Bibliographic Search and Tutorials).