The objectives of the article were to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the most popular science news aggregators in capitalist countries, created as a communication tool between scientists and journalists. For the recent research the methods of analysis were used, especially SWOT analysis and synthesis method. 10 main criteria of science news aggregators were observed and highlighted by analyzing recent science news aggregators from all over the world such as: EurekaAlert, PhysOrg, ScienceDaily, Science Seeker and Open Science. As a result, the study looked at the dual issue of funding, where government funding of aggregators allows authorities to control the process of publishing information while support is stable. At the same time, crowdfunding funds or platforms allow an aggregator to exist without political bias, but without strong confidence in its future existence. The results obtained allow us to conclude that, the points considered in the relationship between capitalism and aggregators are of great importance to create a high-quality scientific news aggregator at national and international level.

The research analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the world’s scientific news aggregators, their resource support. In addition, it was found that the independence of the scientific press is one of the main criteria for the success of the aggregator and compliance with journalistic ethics. The task of the research is to resolve the problematic issue of resource funding, when state funding of aggregators allows the authorities to control the process of information publication. In parallel with state funding, funds or crowdfunding platforms allow the aggregator to exist without political bias. On the other hand, public financing of science popularization platforms can lead to global questions about the existence of the aggregator as such due to the lack of necessary funding.

L'article est consacré à l'analyse des effets positifs et négatifs de la vulgarisation de la science de l'ingénieur dans les médias. Le document fournit des applications pratiques du sujet considéré dans le monde, analyse les inconvénients et les mérites de chacun d'eux. En outre, l'article a mené une enquête auprès de scientifiques titulaires de diplômes scientifiques, sur la nécessité de vulgariser dans son ensemble, compte tenu du risque de mauvaise qualité de la représentation des faits scientifiques tout en simplifiant les explications destinées au public. Le résultat de l'étude est un schéma-modèle simplifié des effets positifs et négatifs de la vulgarisation scientifique, tenant compte de l'expérience internationale des scientifiques et des journalistes. L'application pratique du travail sera utile aux communicateurs scientifiques, aux journalistes et aux scientifiques intéressés à présenter leurs travaux de recherche au public, ainsi qu'aux conseils pour la mise en oeuvre d'une vulgarisation de qualité de l'ingénierie et de la science technique dans les médias. Science popularization of engineering and technology: positive and negative effects V. KysilAbstract. As the title implies the article describes the positive and negative effects of science popularization in the media. The text gives valuable information about the necessity of science popularization in general, because of comprehensive survey between the scientists. It is shown the risks of poor-quality representation of scientific facts during simplifying explanations for the public. The result of the study is a scheme-model of the positive and negative effects of science popularization, taking into account the international experience of scientists and journalists. Practical application of the work will be useful for science communicators, journalists and scientists who are interested in promoting their research articles to the public, as well as in councils for the implementation of high-quality popularization of engineering and technical science in the media.