Public communication of brazilian aerospace science

Abstract

This article analyzes the public communication of aerospace science, and the problem of its definition. Such an approach is necessary considering that the concept of public communication of science is broad and has different meanings, depending on the context, the author, and the country that uses it. The purpose of this work was to insert the public communication of science in the conception that information is a right of citizenship. Methodologically, the research was carried out from a bibliography, from a perspective of integrative review. The analysis proved that the use in South and Central America, as well as in the USA, of the expression "public communication" is a consensus, meaning an information process focused on the public sphere. There was an understanding that this type of communication acts as a link of interaction and transmission of scientific knowledge for the understanding of the public, enabling participation, awareness, citizenship, and dialogue. And this particular type of communication, especially post-pandemic, appears in different ways and different vehicles, whether in print media, electronic media, social networks, research centers, and even museums, which constitute ways of communicating science.