INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEM OF POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONFLICTS OF UNDERSTANDING

Abstract

Now the problem of popularization of science attracts a lot of attention from scientists and general public. The new rise of interest to this problem is connected with understanding that the lack of qualitative communication between scientific community and public may lead to conflicts mutual accusations, which will have negative impact both on science and society. At the same time popularization of science now becomes a very extensive and divers area and suffers from the lack of theoretical framework, which can integrate it. In this article we try to contribute to the further theoretical understanding of notion and main element of popularization of science. So, popularization of science is communicative activity of scientists aim to inform public with their scientific archives, to promote the objective view of the world and scientific methods to receive it. The process of popularization of science is analyzed in terms of its participants, who are distinguished from the point of view of intellect, language, world view, goals. Furthermore, the results of this participation depend on particular reassures and institutions. As a result, we elaborate the list of groups, who take part in popularization of science.