Visibility of Library and Information Science and Science Communication in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Communication of Science and Technology, Faculty of Cultural Studies and Communication, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
 
This study examines how newspapers in Iran have presented library and information science (LIS) to society; how the media understand library and information science as a discipline; and how authors of articles in LIS journals collaborate with members of other disciplines. Three public newspapers (Hamshahri, Iran, and Jam-e-Jam) together with eleven peer-reviewed LIS journals approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology were included in this study. The results show that LIS as a discipline is not visible enough in Iranian public media. However, recognition and understanding of LIS in specialized journals is better. We concluded that the communication between LIS professionals and journalists is less than optimal in Iran. The paper provided original information about the picture of library and information science in Iranian society.
 
 

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Volume 23, Issue 2
Spring 2025
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