Sonrisas muy serias o la importancia del Periodismo científico

PÉREZ COBO, José Carlos

Publication year:

2002

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

84-8419-905-3

ISSN:

1137-4462

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Summary

Purely scientific news .except maybe that directly related to environmental or health matters. only has a certain role of entertainment and prestige for the media that publish such news. However, scientific journalism fulfils a much more important social function: preparing society to take democratic decisions on transcendental matters, including that of allotment of public funds. These aspects are commented in three general types of information: Big Science, health and environment.