关键词: 科学传播, 科学传播的科学, 科学技术学, 公众理解科学, 公众参与科学

Abstract: After 30 years’ development, science communication has grown to a productive field for both academics and practitioners. General communication scholars, who have long been neglecting science communication, now try to advance the field’s research agenda by introducing psychological research on human cognitive system to study people’s interaction with science information. The communication scholars have investigated the cognitive gateway for people to learn science, the impact of politicization of science, the influence of trust and value in people’s knowledge taking behaviors and their attitude to science, and the ways to develop science communication strategies based on empirical research. Compared with the so-called science of science communication, traditional science communication research has been dominated by the paradigms of sociology of science and has paid more attention to power structure in the process of science communication. The two traditions are not mutually resistant. A systematic integration of the two traditions can effectively promote the development of science communication both theoretically and practically. This is crucial to the fast development of science communication in China.