Seeking science information online: Data mining Google to better understand the roles of the media and the education system

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 813-829

  Segev, Elad ^a   Baram Tsabari, Ayelet ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

media and science; public understanding of science; science communication; science education; scientific citizenship; scientific literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867001948     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510387560     Document Type: Article

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