ABSTRACT
Science communication can be defined as an aim-oriented exchange of information about science between related parties and aims to spread science and scientific culture. When science communication is considered at the macro-social level, media plays a significant role in ensuring communication between scientists, science institutions, and society. The functions of media in social communication and the fact that it is the main source of information in accessing science require the examination of science communication activities which carried out through media. This study has focused on science communication activities carried out by the media. News that is about the domestic vaccine developed for COVID-19 on Turkey's most visited internet news sites have been examined by conducting content analysis technique. This research aimed to reveal the science communication practices of internet news sites by determining the purposes of science communication and the themes and contents of news. According to the findings obtained from the research, explanation and information themes are used extensively in science communication news. The aims of informing, legitimizing, forming public opinion, and directing to be vaccinated have been the most focused science communication purposes. It has also been observed that the aims of science communication and the themes of news differ according to the time variable.