Gender dimensions in popular science writing in India

被引:1
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作者
Dharmapalan, Biju [1 ]
Mahesh, G. [1 ]
Kumar, Phuldeep [2 ]
机构
[1] CSIR, Natl Inst Sci Commun & Policy Res NIScPR, Acad Sci & Innovat Res AcSIR, New Delhi 110012, India
[2] DRDO, Def Sci Informat & Documentat Ctr, New Delhi 110054, India
来源
CURRENT SCIENCE | 2021年 / 121卷 / 10期
关键词
Gender gap; popular science; science communication; Science Reporter; WOMEN; ASPIRATIONS;
D O I
10.18520/cs/v121/i10/1302-1306
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Studies on gender disparity in science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM) are gathering considerable attention across the globe. Almost in every field of STEM a male predominance can be noticed. Gender analysis in popular science writing has not been studied so far. The present study was carried out to analyse the gender dimension in popular science writing in India using Science Reporter, India's leading popular science magazine. All the issues of the monthly magazine published between 2010 and 2020 were analysed. The study supports the hypothesis that gender disparity is evident even in popular science writing. The number of articles contributed by women is considerably lower than men. Women tend to show more interest in collaboration in popular science writing.
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页码:1302 / 1306
页数:5
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