This field specializes in the theoretical and practical aspects linked to the communication of science inside and outside the scientific communities, as well as between them and other communities in the rest of society.

Among other topics, in this field it is discussed the theory and practice of science outreach, the social circulation of scientific information and, in general, everything pertaining the public and cultural presence of science in all aspects of life.

Special emphasis is made in the importance of the communication of science in the shaping of the different conceptions that different parts of society have about science and technology and, in consequence, in the forms in which society enhances them most efficiently and how to channel their development and their benefits.