A study for promoting science communication by analyzing pseudo-scientific discourse

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350387
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: Ishikawa Masato 明治大学, 情報コミュニケーション学部, 教授 (20298045)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KIKUCHI Satoru 信州大学, 人文学部, 教授 (30262679)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 科学コミュニケーション / 科学リテラシー / 疑似科学 / 健康食品広告 / 批判的思考 / 認知心理学 / サイエンスカフェ / 高齢者福祉

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We devised ten conditions to rate the scientific authenticity. The conditions has been applied to judging a controversial item as science or pseudo-science. We developed a science communication site (http://www.sciencecomlabo.jp/), in which the conditions function appropriately. The site opening to the public for a year has more than 150,000 visitors, 500,000 pages-view, and 500 comments. The availability of site is high enough to be awarded a practice prize from Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies.

Free Research Field

認知科学