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On Patterns and New Trends of Chinese Public Access to Science and Technology Information

Author:Zhang Chao, He Wei, Ren Lei
Abstract:Public interest,information sources and involvement of science and technology (S&T) is one of main factors to improve civic scientific literacy,so it is important to make it clear how citizens get access to different media, participate in science popularization (SP) activities,visit SP fundamental infrastructures,and try to find respondent characteristic of their S&T information sources through comparative analysis. In addition,as rapid development of the internet has changed way of public access to S&T information, it is of great value to explore the suitable and effective strategy of science communication in the new situation.
Studies on Science Popularization, 2016,11(3): p22-27