Panorama da divulgação científica sobre Covid-19 no Brasil: uma revisão bibliográfica.

Abstract

Scientific dissemination (SD) is characterized as the communication of science to the non-scientist public, with the objective of popularizing scientific knowledge, making it easily accessible. In the current context of coping with the pandemic of COVID-19, it is essential that the population is well informed about the updated results obtained in scientific research on the disease. In this work, websites and profiles of communication and scientific dissemination were analyzed, verifying characteristics that qualify them as adequate and reliable, so that it is possible to differentiate inaccurate news from reliable information. For this, a qualitative methodology of the documentary and exploratory type was used. Sixty-four websites were analyzed and two disseminators were selected, the biologist Atila Iamarino and the physician Drauzio Varella. The analysis was made based on parameters regarding language and form, suggested by the 2004 Scientific Dissemination Guide, and regarding the content of texts and other means used for CD through content analysis. Eight websites were found to follow the adequacy criteria in a less divergent way, with disagreements regarding two and three parameters evaluated. Another four had abundant divergences in relation to the indicated parameters, around seven to ten disagreements. There is a need to invest in specialized professionals and to expand the use of the rules suggested in the Scientific Dissemination Guide. Despite these aspects, a positive aspect that can be noted was the increasing popularization of scientific knowledge entering the most diverse platforms, allowing the diversification and expansion of the target audience.