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• Date of publication Jan 25, 2024 Category: Conference Review

  Reimagining science communication in the age of AI

  by Lourdes López-Pérez

  This review analyses the presentation of “Campus Gutenberg Museo de la Ciencia CosmoCaixa 2023” held in September 2023 in Barcelona and reflects on the connection of the event with the necessary redefinition of the social communication of science in the face of the impact of artificial intelligence.

  Volume 23 • Issue 01 • 2024

• Date of publication Jun 25, 2018 Category: Article

  Public engagement in science via Web 2.0 technologies. Evaluation criteria validated using the Delphi Method

  by Lourdes López-Pérez , María Dolores Olvera-Lobo

  The characteristics of interaction and dialogue implicit in the Web 2.0 have given rise to a new scenario in the relationship between science and society. The aim of this paper is the development of an evaluation tool scientifically validated by the Delphi method that permits the study of Internet usage and its effectiveness for encouraging public engagement in the scientific process. Thirty four indicators have been identified, structured into 6 interrelated criteria conceived for compiling data that help to explain the role of the Internet in favouring public engagement in science.

  Volume 17 • Issue 02 • 2018

• Date of publication Jul 20, 2017 Category: Essay

  Public communication of science in Spain: a history yet to be written

  by Lourdes López-Pérez , María Dolores Olvera-Lobo

  The history of public communication of science in Spain is yet to be written. Few academic studies exist that have tackled this subject. The political and economic history of the country have marked out the evolution of this discipline, which burst into the country at the end of the 20th century with the proliferation of initiatives such as the creation of science museums, the building of the Spanish Science Foundation and the development of a public Scientific Information service. Despite these efforts, the level of scientific culture for Spanish people is one of the lowest in Europe [OECD, 2016].

  Volume 16 • Issue 03 • 2017 • Special Issue: History of Science Communication, 2017 (History of Scicomm)

• Date of publication Jul 09, 2015 Category: Essay

  Science journalism: the standardisation of information from the press to the internet

  by María Dolores Olvera-Lobo , Lourdes López-Pérez

  The standardisation and selectivity of information were characteristics of science journalism in the printed medium that the digital editions of journals have inherited. This essay explores this fact from the international perspective, with a special focus on the Spanish case.

  Volume 14 • Issue 03 • 2015