Purpose: This study illuminates some lights on public communication dissemination of science magazines as a possible contributive factor to the structural changes in the public communication of Science in Iranian society. Methodology: A historical analysis of some documents representing the status of Science in Iran was conducted. It also conducted a content analysis of a random sample of public science magazines. . As the sample included documents with no systematic record, the study also created a list of these documents for the first time. Findings: The study revealed that the magazines have played at least three roles in changing the cultural space of Iranian society. These were: a) introducing the infrastructure needed for development of Science; b) commemoration and acknowledgement of science by magazines; c) quantitative development in the corresponding public communication of Science institutions. Originality/value: This research is the first dealt with the role of public science magazines in structural changes in Iran. Considering public science magazines as a cultural space, this study illuminate the role of such magazines in the formation and transformation of public communication of Science in Iran.
Abdollahian,H. and Ojagh,Z. (2013). A Historical Analysis of Public Communication of Science in the Public Science Magazines published during 1910-2010. Research on Information Science and Public Libraries, 19(2), 235-255.
MLA
Abdollahian,H. , and Ojagh,Z. . "A Historical Analysis of Public Communication of Science in the Public Science Magazines published during 1910-2010", Research on Information Science and Public Libraries, 19, 2, 2013, 235-255.
HARVARD
Abdollahian H., Ojagh Z. (2013). 'A Historical Analysis of Public Communication of Science in the Public Science Magazines published during 1910-2010', Research on Information Science and Public Libraries, 19(2), pp. 235-255.
CHICAGO
H. Abdollahian and Z. Ojagh, "A Historical Analysis of Public Communication of Science in the Public Science Magazines published during 1910-2010," Research on Information Science and Public Libraries, 19 2 (2013): 235-255,
VANCOUVER
Abdollahian H., Ojagh Z. A Historical Analysis of Public Communication of Science in the Public Science Magazines published during 1910-2010. Research on Information Science and Public Libraries, 2013; 19(2): 235-255.
