SCIENCE JOURNALISM IN BRAZILIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AS A WAY OF DEMOCRATISING SCIENCE

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55738/alaic.v24i49.1268

Keywords:

democratization of science, access to knowledge, science journalism, brazilian public universities

Abstract

The general aim of this article is to identify how Brazilian public universities have contributed to the democratization of science through communication strategies such as science journalism. To do this, we analyzed 109 websites using 25 markers. Of this total, only 46 universities had any space for science topics or specific science journalism channels. However, the results show a very clear practice of defending science and the search for greater proximity to the public in order to increase access to scientific information and, ultimately, the exercise of citizenship.

Author Biography

Carla de Oliveira Tôzo, Universidade de São Paulo

PhD in Communication from the Postgraduate Programme in Communication Sciences at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) in the line of research Communication processes: technologies, production and consumption with the thesis ‘The praxis of scientific journalism: the experience of Jornal da USP and Brazilian public universities in the pandemic period’. She has a degree in journalism from the Methodist University of São Paulo (2001) and a master's degree in Social Communication from the Methodist University of São Paulo (2005). She has experience in the field of Communication, with an emphasis on Science Communication, working mainly on the following subjects: communication, research, journalism, science communication and newspapers. She has also taught communication courses at the Nove de Julho University (2007-2014) and at the FMUFIAM-FAAM UNIVERSITY CENTRE (2015-2022). She was editor of the Dumela magazine of the Centre for Ethnic-Racial Studies (NERA) at FMU FIAM FAAM (2018-2022). She is a member of the CNPq research group Alterjor: Popular and Alternative Journalism and JORNESP - Specialised Journalism Research Group, both at the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo. Columnist (ombudswoman) for Jornalismo Júnior, a junior company formed by journalism students at USP's School of Communications and Arts (ECA-USP) between 2021-2023.

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Published

01/20/2026

How to Cite

DE OLIVEIRA TÔZO, C. SCIENCE JOURNALISM IN BRAZILIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AS A WAY OF DEMOCRATISING SCIENCE . Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación, [S. l.], v. 24, n. 49, 2026. DOI: 10.55738/alaic.v24i49.1268. Disponível em: https://www.revista.pubalaic.org/index.php/alaic/article/view/1268. Acesso em: 9 oct. 2026.

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 49 (2025): Communication, Dissemination, Diffusion, and Social Appropriation of Scientific Knowledge

Section

Dossier Comunicación de la Ciencia, la Divulgación, la Difusión y la Apropiación Social del Conocimiento

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