Rhetoric and scientific disclosure. A proposal for the web of biotechnology companies

Abstract

Rhetoric as a theory of argumentation and persuasion specially relates to a specific way of approaching scientific disclosure, which is no longer regarded as mere literacy, but as a dialogue. Such a change involves the active participation of society in making decisions on the course of science. With this framework, we believe that companies such as biotechnology whose activity arouses philias and phobias among the public — which can make its becoming — must take an active role in these talks. On the approach we have selected a sample consisting of biotech SMEs settled in four technology parks in Andalusia. We have analyzed the texts of the homepages of the 29 SMEs; because we understand that these stories themselves and not intermediated, let us know if you consider citizenship as audience interest at which he first step in making the disclosure the axis of its corporate communication. The answer is no.