• The Science & Technology
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• no.6 s.445
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• pp.44-45
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• 2006

제9회 세계과학커뮤니케이션회의(PCST-9)가 아시아에서 처음으로 지난 5월 17~19일 서울 삼성동 코엑스 그랜드볼룸에서 열렸다. 과학과 일반 대중사이의 거리를 좁히는 방안을 연구하기 위해 세계 40여 개국의 과학커뮤니케이션 관련자들이 이 자리에 모였다. 스페인 명문 폼프 파브라 대학에서 과학커뮤니케이션을 가르치고 있는 블라디미르 드 세미르(Vladimir de Semir) PCST 네트워크 회장을 지난 5월 17일 행사장에서 만나 이번 회의의 특성과 의미를 들어봤다.

• The Science & Technology
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• no.6 s.445
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• pp.40-43
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• 2006

• Science & Technology Policy
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• v.17 no.1 s.162
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• pp.78-84
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• 2007

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.151-175
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• 2007

What are the differences between science communication and science culture? This paper discusses the relationship between 'science communication' and 'science culture', with a consideration of recent activities and endeavours aiming public's understanding of science. For this, it starts with the outcomes and significance of the 9th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology(PCST-9), with a theme of "Scientific Culture for Global Citizenship", held in Seoul May, 2006. Then, it discusses 'Public Understanding of Science(PUS)' to which the PCST network movement is linked, in comparison with 'Popularization of Science(PS)' and 'Science and Society(S&S)'. While PS was one directional movement conveying scientific knowledge to the public, PUS appeared from 1980s was an intentional effort for activating science communication through mass media. Whereas, a recent S&S movement emphasizes dialogue between science and society. And it then introduces theoretical as well as functional definitions of 'science culture' particulary in Korean and explains how the concept of science communication has considerably expanded since 2002. From this, it is finally argued that science communication needs be redefined as a practice of science culture.