THE ATTITUDE OF THE YOUTH OF THE MOSCOW REGION TO THE POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE

Чистякова Т.А., Сазонова А.Л.

Abstract

The main approaches to describing popularization of science and the interrelated concepts of science communication and popular science, goals and forms of popularization are considered. The results of a pilot study conducted in May 2023 to find out how young people in the Moscow region are aware of and involved in various ac-tivities related to science, how they assess the level of popularization in Russia, their awareness and the importance of popularization of science in society, and what measures they suggest for improvement are pre-sented. The following events of all-Russian or regional scale were cho-sen as indicators of participation: the All-Russian Prize “For Fidelity to Science”, the competition of scientific and popular science videos, the educational project “Gutenberg Smokehouse”, the science festival “Science 0+”, the university league of scientific duels.

Keywords

popularization of science; Popular Science; science communication; youth; Moscow region; popular science events; science festivals; science policy; youth involvement in science.

DOI: 10.31249/scis/2024.02.02

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