Pratiques informationnelles des youtubeurs scientifiques au service de la médiation du savoir
Since its inception in 2005, YouTube has been a source of scientific and cultural information geared to the general public. Scientific content creators make money on their expertise and play an important role in mediating knowledge and/or bringing it to a wider audience. To better understand the rel...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Université Laval
2021-11-01
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| Series: | Communication |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/communication/14808 |
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| Summary: | Since its inception in 2005, YouTube has been a source of scientific and cultural information geared to the general public. Scientific content creators make money on their expertise and play an important role in mediating knowledge and/or bringing it to a wider audience. To better understand the relationship between science, research, and society, the author looks at how these “pro-am” (professional amateur) YouTubers view their work and their informational skills. The success of pro-am YouTubers seems to depend on an expert ethos that is no longer based solely on academic criteria such as the speaker’s academic degrees or profession. |
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| ISSN: | 1189-3788 1920-7344 |