An innovative communication experience: nanotechnology comics produced in Brazil

Abstract

The paper examines the scope of educommunication as a possibility for clarification on nanotechnology through comics. Nanotechnology is permeated by uncertainties about environmental and social risks and impacts, as well as the absence of a public debate on implications and controversies, even with the potential benefits. Therefore, we discussed aspects of education by comics in order to assess how complex issues can be addressed to a wider audience. Methodologically, a qualitative analysis is applied from the descriptive method to verify how nanotechnology is worked. An interpretation is made of the approaches adopted in the comics and their potentials are examined to educate on the effects and consequences of nanotechnology.

Keywords

• análise qualitativa
• metodologia
• educação
• imagem
• ciência
• revistas