Cultural dynamic of Education, Science and Social Representations in the worlwide research landscape and contemporary media scenario

Aim: The study examines how the thematic areas of Education and Science are positioned in the literature produced worldwide by the research community inspired by the Social Representations theory*. The dynamic between the reified universe (science) and the consensual common sense knowledge through educational and communication systems has been the founding focus of the theory (Moscovici, 1961/1976; Moscovici & Duveen, 2000) and it remains its core element after more than 50 years of the literature development. Data sources and Method: Extracted from more than 10,000 texts - filed in the SoReCom“A.S.de Rosa”@-; (de Rosa, 2014b, 2015, 2016, 2016 forthcoming; de Rosa, Dryjanska & Bocci, 2016a, 2016b, forthcoming) - we have analysed the sources related to education, science, social representations and communication through the lens of a systematic meta-theoretical analysis using the Grid designed by de Rosa Exploratory Hypotheses: We expect that the results will show: - at what extent the thematic areas of Education and Science are interrelated or treated as distinct objects of empirical research, reproducing a split between “reified” and “consensual” universes of knowledge; - the socio-cultural contexts (with different ideologically oriented policies and specific societal issues) and the time dimension affect both the agenda of education and science popularisation and the way it is constructed through media.