Abstract
Currently, Science Communication (SC) professionals who are working in the context of science and technology development, have various jobs at universities, government agencies, NGOs and industry. Their positions have changed in recent years, due to developments in science and technology and to social trends. Increasingly, SC practitioners play a role as mediator in participatory processes, or facilitator of stakeholder meetings. These roles require decisions in difficult to manage processes and in situations that are hard to overlook. A decision support system would be able to help them. In this paper we describe the changing role of SC practitioners and the context in which they make decisions. Then we argue which requirements decision support systems must meet in order to support SC practitioners in their decision making processes. Our paper is based on a literature review on professionalization and in-depth interviews with science communication professionals. Our main conclusion is that a decision support system should not only support the SC practitioner‟s instrumental decisions, but should
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of PCST 2014 |
| Place of Publication | Salvador, Brazil |
| Pages | - |
| Publication status | Published - 5 May 2014 |
| Event | 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference, PCST 2014: Science communication for social inclusion and political engagement - Salvador, Brazil Duration: 5 May 2014 → 8 May 2014 Conference number: 13 http://www.pcst-2014.org/index.php/en/ |
Conference
| Conference | 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference, PCST 2014 |
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| Abbreviated title | PCST |
| City | Salvador, Brazil |
| Period | 5/05/14 → 8/05/14 |
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