Las redes sociales como vehículo del periodismo científico: 'Scoping Review'

Abstract

The disinformation crisis that has resulted from the consolidation of the Internet and the explosion of social networks has highlighted the importance of scientific journalism to communicate rigorous, contrasted and quality content to society. In this context, both professionally and academically level, the focus is on the discipline and, increasingly, on the role of social networks as a vehicle for promoting scientific dissemination content. This study analyzes, using the scoping review technique, the articles published on science journalism and social networks in the last five years (2017 and 2021) in order to identify research topics and trends, concerns and challenges. The study reveals the influence that social networks are having on current science journalism, highlighting their role as a channel for dissemination and interaction with audiences and engagement with new audiences. In addition to the prominence given to health, environmental and data verification issues. It also warns of the challenge for professionals to improve their performance in order to achieve effective communication through innovative channels and generate visual and interactive content.

El periodismo científico en el actual ecosistema digital: retos y alertas desde la perspectiva de los profesionales chilenos

“…As has been widely documented, the new science journalist profile includes being able to manage aspects associated with big data, artificial intelligence and verification tools, as well as knowing how to access and process information published in prestigious journals or preprints to reach more audiences (Hansen, 2016;Maiden et al, 2020;Massarani et al,2021b;Herrero-Diz, Pérez-Escolar and Varona-Aramburu, 2022;Schultz, 2023). Nor can it be forgotten that the science journalist has been required to take on an important multimedia and data analysis function in this context, with an increasing convergence, therefore, of the role of journalist, programmer, graphic designer and other analysts who did not previously work with communicators (Romero-Luis, Carbonell-Alcocer and Gértrudix Barrio, 2020;González Alba, 2021;Martin-Neira, Trillo-Domínguez and Olvera-Lobo, 2023c). These skills acquired by journalists have also been boosted with the turning point of the coronavirus pandemic, a health context that has accelerated digitalisation in journalism and imposed new challenges on the profession (Sánchez-Gonzales, 2022).…”

Análisis de la fotografía periodística del cambio climático: las cumbres del clima en El País y The Guardian

“…Entre ellos, hay varios trabajos que aglutinan la investigación en periodismo científico en España: La investigación universitaria en periodismo científico (Castro, 2003), La investigación sobre la divulgación de la ciencia en España: situación actual y retos para el futuro (González-Alcaide et al, 2009), Situación y perspectivas del periodismo científico en España (Lobato-Martínez et al, 2022), Las redes sociales como vehículo del periodismo científico (Neira et al, 2023) No obstante, y según señalan sus autores, esta sigue excesivamente basada en grandes acontecimientos, catástrofes ambientales y a menudo, descontextualizada, así como con poco uso de fuentes.…”