Scientists' attitudes toward a dialogue with the public: a study using "science cafes"
Scientists' attitudes toward a dialogue with the public: a study using "science cafes"
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科学家对与公众对话的态度：一项利用“科学咖啡馆”的研究
DOI：
10.22323/2.10040202
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发表时间：
2011
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通讯作者：
Kazuto Kato
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作者：
Eri Mizumachi;K. Matsuda;K. Kano;Masahiro Kawakami;Kazuto Kato
当前，科学发展迅速，对社会的影响比以往任何时候都要大。这也是今天的科学家更应该与公众互动的原因。为了设计有效的科学传播活动，我们必须了解科学家公开传播科学的动机和障碍。在这项研究中，我们采访了19名参加过日本科学咖啡馆的早期职业科学家。从这些访谈中，我们确定了导致他们不愿参加科学咖啡馆的五个因素：1）麻烦或耗时; 2）成为适当的科学代表的压力; 3）超出他们的工作范围; 4）看不到任何好处; 5）担心与公众对话。在这些因素中，对对话的担忧可能最清楚地反映了科学家对这种交流形式的潜在感受，也是参与科学咖啡馆的更内在障碍的一个指标。
Currently, science is developing rapidly and its influence on society is more significant than ever. This is all the more reason for today's scientists to interact with the general public. To design effective science communication activities, we must understand scientists' motivations and barriers to publicly communicating science. In this study, we interviewed 19 early-career scientists who had participated in science cafes in Japan. From these interviews, we identified five factors leading to their reluctance to participate in science cafes: 1) troublesome or time- consuming; 2) pressure to be an appropriate science representative; 3) outside the scope of their work; 4) could not perceive any benefit; and 5) apprehension about dialogue with the public. Among these factors, apprehension about dialogue may be the clearest reflection of the scientists' underlying feelings about this form of communication and an indicator of more intrinsic barriers to engaging in science cafes.