Концепт: философия, религия, культура (Jun 2017)
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION IN MODERN RUSSIA: SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Abstract
Science has a great impact on all spheres of public life in the contemporary world. So the question whether the public knows about the recent scientific achievements and developments becomes of current importance. This article focuses on the communication between the scientists and the journalists considered as the mediators between science and society. Are both sides ready to interact? How do they conceive the interests, goals etc. of each other? What forms of dialog do they practice? This article aims to answer these questions. It is based on qualitative research (method of unstructured interviews) conducted among scientists and journalists. The main goal of the article is to analyze the subjective dimension of scientific communication between the parties determining whether the stereotypes and attitudes, existing among the journalists and scientists, promote or hinder the effective communication between them. In the course of research 24 interviews (11 with journalists, 13 with scientists) conducted. On the average each interview lasted 50 minutes. The results of the study demonstrate, that the communication among journalists and scientists suffer from the lack of motivation to interact from both sides. Journalists mostly use the ready-made materials from informational agencies or texts from other media while preparing the articles. Scientists are also lack of interest to engage actively with mass-media; they argue that such an activity doesn't have a direct impact on their professional careers. Russian scientific centers don't encourage their staff to interact with journalists. As a result, we can approve, that scholarly and journalist communities exist in parallel dimensions in modern Russia.
