El valor cognitivo de las metáforas en la comunicación pública de las Ciencias
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La Comunicación Pública de las
Ciencias se desarrolla en la teoría de
la comunicación y en las prácticas de
comunicadores y científicos. Estos últimos
asumen cada vez más la difusión de sus
investigaciones. La metáfora se considera
una herramienta útil para la enseñanza y
la difusión del conocimiento. Este trabajo
adopta la perspectiva del valor cognitivo de
la metáfora en convergencia con el modelo
etnográfico contextual para analizar el uso
de las metáforas en las tapas y contenido
de una colección de divulgación escrita
por científicos. El análisis muestra que
la tarea asumida por los científicos no es
sencilla y aún se observa que no se valora
completamente el potencial cognitivo de la
metáfora y una fluctuación entre el modelo
del déficit y el modelo del diálogo
Public Communication of Science is developed in Communicational Theory as well as in the practice of communicators and scientists. The latter tend to undertake the task of spreading their investigations. Metaphors have been commonly considered to be useful tools for teaching and spreading knowledge. This paper assumes the perspective of metaphor’s cognitive value together with the contextual ethnographic model to analyze the use of metaphors in the covers and contents of a divulgation collection written by scientists. The analysis shows that the role assumed by scientists as communicators is not a simple one. It is noted that the cognitive value of metaphor is not still fully recognized. This results in a fluctuation between the Deficit Model and the Dialogue Model
Public Communication of Science is developed in Communicational Theory as well as in the practice of communicators and scientists. The latter tend to undertake the task of spreading their investigations. Metaphors have been commonly considered to be useful tools for teaching and spreading knowledge. This paper assumes the perspective of metaphor’s cognitive value together with the contextual ethnographic model to analyze the use of metaphors in the covers and contents of a divulgation collection written by scientists. The analysis shows that the role assumed by scientists as communicators is not a simple one. It is noted that the cognitive value of metaphor is not still fully recognized. This results in a fluctuation between the Deficit Model and the Dialogue Model







