What do laypersons want to know from scientists? An analysis of a dialogue between scientists and laypersons on the web site Scienzaonline
| Autor: | Alessandra Sperduti, Silvia Caravita, Elisabetta Falchetti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Service (systems architecture)
Knowledge management business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050801 communication & media studies Public relations 050905 science studies Factual knowledge 0508 media and communications Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Developmental and Educational Psychology 0509 other social sciences business Function (engineering) Psychology Discipline media_common Web site |
| Zdroj: | Public Understanding of Science |
| ISSN: | 1361-6609 0963-6625 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0963662505063797 |
| Popis: | Scienzaonline is an interactive web site developed by the Museum of Zoology of Rome that offers various services. After the site had been online for three years, we examined approximately 800 questions received by the service Expert on line to understand what laypeople's interests in science are and in which life contexts they emerge. The contents of the questions were categorized to reveal the function and the nature of the knowledge that people expect from “experts”. Some kind of actual accomplishment motivates most of the questions, though a considerable number of them have knowledge and understanding as their objective. Information is the main form of expected knowledge and disciplinary knowledge is viewed as the privileged source of it. A relevant percentage of messages reveal the desire to obtain explanations and validations of reported facts, an aid to go beyond factual knowledge. Striving to find answers to “great unanswered questions” emerges as a passionate intellectual endeavor for some people. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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