Theoretical-practical Proposal for the Treatment of Scientific Journalism

Abstract

Science journalism is an area of specialization that reports and analyzes events related to science, in order to contribute to the formation of scientific to contribute to the formation of scientific awareness in audiences through science literacy and the and the consequent contribution to decision making in relation to discoveries and their applications. The study seeks to make a novel contribution to the theory of journalism by means of a practical theoretical proposal with work guidelines from the organizational - textual and content to contribute to close the gap between scientific progress and society’s knowledge of it. We work with Grounded Theory, characterized by its strategies of constant comparison and theoretical sampling. It offers a basis for scientific information in print journalism, with a rigorous methodological approach. The dimensions are explained on three grounds: 1) as a form of communication, the PC needs to reinvent itself to gain ground and audience; 2) PC demands exclusive forms of work, with dedicated exclusive forms of work, with spaces dedicated to producing these contents; and 3) the PC will depend on the levels of profesional will depend on the levels of professional training, the interests of the media and its directors, the use of understandable vocabulary, so that the journalist is a true mediator between content and audience.