Investigating Science Communication in the Information Age: Implications for public engagement and popular media: 1 (Communicating Science in the Information Age) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0199552665 ISBN 13: 9780199552665

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2008

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Comprehensive, interesting, and for an academic and teacher in the area, really quite exciting. (Dr. Angela Cassidy, Institute for Food Research, University of East Anglia)

The quality of contributions, the strong theoretical background and the emphasis on methodological issues will make it an extremely valuable resource for teaching and researching in this area in the years to come. (Massimiano Bucchi, Professor of Science in Society, University of Trento, Italy)

This book provides an overview of how public engagement and popular media influence the way science is communicated. It is well suited as a college text and presents options for further readings and additional web resources for each article. It is accessible to readers, regardless of expertise, due to the use of clear examples and detailed discussions of research findings." Integrative and Comparative Biology journal

The originality of this book is to bring a strongly sociological angle to science communication, a very necessary one to understand the place of science in society and the dynamics of the different actors concerned. (Suzanne de Cheveigné, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, France)

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How are recent policy changes affecting how scientists engage with the public? How are new technologies influencing how scientists disseminate their work and knowledge? How are new media platforms changing the way the public interact with scientific information?

Investigating Science Communication in the Information Age is a collection of newly-commissioned chapters by leading science communication scholars. It addresses current theoretical, practical and policy developments in science communication, including recent calls for greater openness and transparency; and engagement and dialogue on the part of professional scientists with members of the public. It provides a timely and wide-ranging review of contemporary issues in science communication, focusing on two broad themes.

The first theme critically reviews the recent dialogic turn and ascendant branding of 'public engagement with science'. It addresses contemporary theoretical and conceptual issues facing science communication researchers, and draws on a range of methodological approaches and examples.

The second theme, popular media, examines recent trends in the theory and research of these forms of science communication. It includes contemporary accounts of the study of 'traditional' forms of popular media, including television and newspapers, examining how they are produced, represented and consumed. This theme also documents examples where novel forms of popular media are challenging researchers to re-think how they approach these forms of science communication.

A companion volume, Practising science communication in the information age, provides an ideal introduction to anyone wishing to reflect on the practices of contemporary science communication.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199552665
• ISBN 13: 9780199552665
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 312
• Herausgeber: Holliman Richard, Whitelegg Elizabeth, Scanlon Eileen, Smidt Sam, Thomas Jeff