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Master's Degree Program in Scientific and Cultural Communication: Preliminary reports on an innovative experience in Brazil

March 20, 2009 | Informal/Formal Connections
The multidisiciplinary Master’s Degree Program in Scientific and Cultural Communication (MDCC) began in the first semester of 2007. It is offered by the Laboratory of Advanced Studies in Journalism (Labjor) of the Creativity Development Nucleus (NUDECRI) and by the Institute of Language Studies (IEL), both of which are entities the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). The program is also supported by the Department of Scientific and Technological Policy (DPCT) of the Geosciences Institute (IG) and by MediaTec – Media and Communication Technologies Laboratory of the Multimedia Department (DMM) of the Art Institute (IA). The objective of the MDCC is to train and enable researchers with in-depth theoretical knowledge about current questions related to science communication. A global vision of the systems of science and technology are joined together with an understanding of a solid, contemporary literary and cultural repertoire. The interaction among subjects offered in the MDCC seeks to provide an education that allows critical reflection about the main accomplishments of science, technology and culture in our current society and the way in which the mass or specialized media have worked in order to communicate these accomplishments. The areas of research focus on the analysis of cultural production and science communication within the most diverse means of information, such as print, radio, television and electronic media. There is a special emphasis on areas such as science and technical history and the sociology of science, as well as other spaces of science and cultural communication, such as museums, forums and events.

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  • Carlos Vogt
    Author
    ComCiência
  • Marcelo Knobel
    Author
    Universidade Estadual de Campinas (State University of Campinas, UNICAMP)
  • Vera Regina Toledo Camargo
    Author
    Universidade Estadual de Campinas (State University of Campinas, UNICAMP)
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1824-2049
    Publication Name: Journal of Science Communication
    Volume: 8
    Number: 1
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: General STEM | Technology
    Audience: Undergraduate/Graduate Students | General Public | Scientists
    Environment Type: Informal/Formal Connections | Higher Education Programs

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