Examining Scientific Literacy through New Media
Description:
Article evaluates the impact of new media on scientific literacy. Content analysis with a coding scheme was performed on 42 filtered websites and 20 microblogs to analyze the role of new media in disseminating scientific knowledge. The results showed that the quality of science-oriented websites was higher than that of microblogs. Suggestions about how to improve the quality of science-oriented new media and how to develop students’ scientific literacy through new media are also discussed.
Date:
July 10, 2019
Creator:
Gu, Xiaoqing; Wang, Chunli & Lin, Lin