Didactics, technology and commerciality. Interrelated approaches to science animation
Abstract
Animation is a growing tool in the dissemination of knowledge. Separated from scientific illustration and animated documentaries, the proposal of scientific animation has been consolidated in research and educational productions in the last decade thanks to the showcase provided by the Internet. In this article we present the three aspects that we consider key to its development: its didactic function, its technological scope and the increase in the commercialisation of these products. Through the different approaches from which the current evolution of scientific animation is being studied, the Internet offers two manifestations that serve as examples in our study: YouTube channels as windows to scientific animation and companies that offer their popularisation services through animation, fully aware of the results of academic research through their publications on this subject.
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