Holliman, Richard; Whitelegg, Liz; Scanlon, Eileen; Smidt, Sam and Thomas, Jeff eds. (2009). Investigating science communication in the information age: Implications for public engagement and popular media. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
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Abstract
How are recent policy changes affecting how scientists engage with publics? How are digital technologies influencing how scientists disseminate their work and knowledge? How are emerging media platforms changing the way publics 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.
| Item Type: | Edited Book |
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| ISBN: | 0-19-955266-5, 978-0-19-955266-5 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Science > Environment, Earth and Ecosystems Science > Physical Sciences Institute of Educational Technology Science > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) |
| Item ID: | 13050 |
| Depositing User: | Richard Holliman |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2009 07:50 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2012 14:36 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/13050 |
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