Jovens, ciência e media: perceções sobre a Astronomia e Ciências do Espaço em contextos formais e informais

Sara Anjos; Anabela Carvalho

doi:10.17231/comsoc.37(2020).2428

Autores

Sara Anjos Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal / Universidade de Leiden, Países Baixos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8544-7471
Anabela Carvalho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7727-4187

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.37(2020).2428

Palavras-chave:

jovens, ciência, media, literacia científica, identidade

Resumo

O papel transversal dos media na aquisição de conhecimentos e na formação de opiniões e representações de assuntos de ciência tem uma importância reconhecida. Porém, existem poucos estudos que se debrucem sobre o modo como os jovens acedem, compreendem e criam conteúdos relacionados com a ciência, utilizando diversas plataformas e acionando diferentes literacias. O presente estudo procura explorar algumas pontes nesse sentido. Tendo como base públicos jovens interessados em ciência, nomeadamente em Astronomia e Ciências do Espaço, o estudo pretende averiguar o que estes valorizam na ciência e como se apropriam da informação científica para a tomada de decisão e a formação de opiniões sobre ciência. Os resultados confirmam que as aprendizagens informais têm um papel relevante no desenvolvimento de uma identificação com a ciência e na escolha por percursos académicos e profissionais com ela relacionados. Apesar de não procurarem notícias de ciência em geral, pesquisam informação específica de ciência de acordo com os seus interesses. A ausência de uma reflexão sobre como os discursos e as notícias de ciência são produzidos e filtrados pelos media e outros agentes de comunicação de ciência faz ressaltar a relevância da promoção de uma literacia crítica de ciência, que implica a ligação a outras literacias, incluindo a literacia mediática.

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