Resumen

TENA, Juan. La ciencia desapercibida. Rev. iberoam. cienc. tecnol. soc. [online]. 2003, vol.1, n.1, pp.189-196. ISSN 1850-0013.

This article treats the present conditions for the diffusion of scientific information to the public. Despite different actors claim for a broader availability of such kind of information at the media, the article affirms that there are no real conditions for the public to become informed and be able to achieve its own criteria on science issues. Behind the statements for a broader diffusion there is a hope for achieving acceptation for the present model of technological and industrial development, but such hope finally leads to the ignorance and even rejection of science and technology. This article poses that scientific journalism should be conscious about this situation and give a more extended treatment to humanities, such as sociology, history, anthropology and philosophy. It is also necessary to distinguish diffusion from information: to separate pure science from what remains of it when public receives it. While there is a relative extension of scientific spreading, there is a lack of true scientific and technological information, due to the lack of space and media, and of capable journalists.

Palabras clave : Scientific journalism; Public perception of science; Scientific culture.