BİLİM HABERCİLİĞİ ÇALIŞMALARININ BİBLİYOMETRİK PROFİLİ

Öz

Bilimsel bilgi, bireylerin günlük hayatlarının temel ve ayrılmaz bir parçası haline gelmiştir. Konvansiyonel ve dijital medyadaki bilim haberleri, bireyler için önemli bir bilgi kaynağıdır. Bu anlamda medya bilimsel gelişmelerin aktarılmasında rehberlik gibi merkezi bir role sahiptir. Bilim muhabirleri karmaşık konuları ve bilimsel araştırmaları farklı seviyedeki takipçiler için anlaşılır kılmaktadır. Bu anlamda bilim alanındaki gelişmeler toplumun genelini kapsayacak şekilde medya aracılığıyla paylaşılmaktadır. Halkın özellikle tıbbi konulardaki yeni tedavi ve teknolojik gelişmelere karşı yoğun bir ilgisi söz konusudur. Bu çalışmanın amacı, belirli bibliyometrik göstergelere dayalı bilim haberciliğinin önde gelen eğilimlerine genel bir bakış sağlamaktır. Bu amaçla Web of Science veri tabanında taranan bilim haberciliği ile ilgili makaleler analiz edilmektedir. Çalışmada bibliyometrik analiz için VOSviewer programı kullanılmaktadır. Sonuç olarak Web of Science veritabanında iletişim alanında bilim haberciliği ile ilgili 190 makalenin tarandığı tespit edilmektedir. Bu makalelerden 53 tanesinin Amerika Birleşik Devletlerindeki araştırmacılar tarafından yayımlandığı görülmektedir. Bu makaleler arasında Türkiye’den ise hiçbir çalışmanın yer almadığı dikkat çekmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Haber
• Bilim Haberciliği
• Bibliyometri

BIBLIOMETRIC PROFILE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISM STUDIES

Abstract

Scientific knowledge has become a fundamental and integral part of individuals' daily lives. Science news in conventional and digital media is an important source of information for individuals. In this sense, the media has a central role as a guide in conveying scientific developments. Science journalists make complex topics and scientific research understandable for audiences at different levels. In this sense, developments in the field of science are shared through the media to the general public. The public has a keen interest in new treatments and technological developments, especially in medical issues. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the leading trends in science journalism based on specific bibliometric indicators. For this purpose, articles related to science journalism scanned in the Web of Science database are analyzed. The study uses the VOSviewer program for bibliometric analysis. As a result, it is determined that 190 articles related to science journalism in the field of communication are scanned in the Web of Science database. It is seen that 53 of these articles were published by researchers in the United States of America. It is noteworthy that there is no study from Turkey among these articles.

Keywords

• News
• SCIENCE JOURNALISM
• BIBLIOMETRIC

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