Scientific Communication

Scientific communication means to communicate the information to the public that is received with the help of various scientific tools. The access to such kind of information or message is not only restricted to scientist but also to the common man. The speed of such kind of communication is very rapid and thus helps in sending the information across the globe in split seconds. Electronic media helps increase the speed of scientific communication i.e. through e-mails, conference programmes, pre-prints, journals, etc.

Scientific communication includes information received about earthquakes, cyclones and other natural calamities, movements in our solar system, info about satellites, etc.

Mainly it had started off with the exchange of journals which also has its online libraries and can be accessed by anyone in any language. The movement from traditional media to electronic media has been dominated by a shared ideology. The very first journal was ‘Psycholoqy’ by Harnard in the year 1991 and his articles were termed as ‘Scholarly skywriting’.

Electronic media can always be said to be better than traditional media as it is less expensive, has a wider access and it helps speeding up scientific communication. Moreover, traditional media today has become extinct due to its miser use and better available alternatives.

The range or scope of scientific communication differs from place to place and with increasing education today it is expected to grow with the passage of time.