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    Public awareness of science involves the relationship between science and the general public, including activities like science communication, museums, festivals, and portrayals in popular culture. Social scientists measure public understanding through metrics on factual knowledge, self-reported knowledge, and structural knowledge. Science journalism faces pressures that can prevent accurate depictions of scientific claims and debates, as weighing different scientific positions requires considerable expertise. Few journalists have scientific knowledge, and even science reporters may be ignorant about issues outside their usual coverage areas.

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    Public awareness of science involves the relationship between science and the general public, including activities like science communication, museums, festivals, and portrayals in popular culture. Social scientists measure public understanding through metrics on factual knowledge, self-reported knowledge, and structural knowledge. Science journalism faces pressures that can prevent accurate depictions of scientific claims and debates, as weighing different scientific positions requires considerable expertise. Few journalists have scientific knowledge, and even science reporters may be ignorant about issues outside their usual coverage areas.

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    Public awareness of science

    Main article: Public awareness of science


    Further information: Science outreach and Science communication

    Dinosaur exhibit in the Houston Museum of Natural Science


    The public awareness of science relates to the attitudes, behaviors, opinions, and activities that
    make up the relations between science and the general public. it integrates various themes and
    activities such as science communication, science museums, science festivals, science fairs, citizen
    science, and science in popular culture. Social scientists have devised various metrics to measure
    the public understanding of science such as factual knowledge, self-reported knowledge, and
    structural knowledge.[167][168]

    Science journalism
    Main article: Science journalism
    The mass media face a number of pressures that can prevent them from accurately depicting
    competing scientific claims in terms of their credibility within the scientific community as a whole.
    Determining how much weight to give different sides in a scientific debate may require considerable
    expertise regarding the matter. [169] Few journalists have real scientific knowledge, and even beat
    reporters who know a great deal about certain scientific issues may be ignorant about other scientific
    issues that they are suddenly asked to cover.[170][171]

    Politicization of science

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