Do we really know what science is all about?: Researchers' and students' perception of science

To be able to communicate science, the first thing someone needs to clarify is: what makes science science? What is interesting to know from someone else's perspective? Seen from a practical angle, the question arises: How can you strip down a whole subject in science to a newspaper article with 1.200 characters? The master's degree in science communication that I enrolled in involved a broad set of skills. This was challenging beginning to what was going to be a major shift in my perspective. Science communication added a new layer to my scientific thinking. It has become an instrument to investigate how research is done, in addition to doing the research. This helped me to gain insight into the scientific endeavour from a bird's eye view and to reflect on my owm work and background in a field with fundamental as well as applied research. In the course of the Science Communication Masters I learned how to use mediating tools to deliver a scientific message to a targeted audience, and how these tools can be used to investigate a scientific question.