Communicating Science: Contexts and Channels (OU Reader)

by Scanlon, Eileen

• ISBN13: 9780415197533
• ISBN10: 0415197538
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-06-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Communicating Scienceis a collection of articles dealing with the communication between scientists, examining what they need to communicate and how they go about this. The first section describes the nature of science, what counts as scientific evidence, and scientists' views of the process of scientific discovery. The second section deals with the means of communication adopted for the exchange of information between scientists. These include such instruments as journals, professional bodies, peer reviews, as well as new modes of communication such as the World Wide Web. The third part includes case studies of situations where scientists communicate with other professionals, giving a close and intimate understanding of how the professional life of scientists really works.

Table of Contents

Preface

What the public needs to know and Why?

Introduction

Knowledges in Context

Science and Citizenship

Alternative contexts for communicating science

Introduction

Opening up Science

Science for all citizens: Setting the stage for life-long learning

Science Centres and Science Learning

Putting Learning at the Heart of Exhibition Development

Finding Evidence of Learning in Museum Settings

The World and the World: Engaging with Science Print

Einstein for Young People

Science Fiction and the Communication of Science

Science on Television: a coming of age

Science and the Media

Introduction

Some Problems in Conceptualizing the Issue of "Science in the Media"

Mediating Science: promotional strategic media coverage, public belief and decision making

The Mystique of Science in the Press

Structuring Public Debate on Biotechnology - Media Frames and Public Response

The interaction of journalists and scientific experts - cooperation and conflict between two professional cultures

British Public Affairs Media and the coverage of "life on Mars?"

Alternative Contexts for Communicating Science

Science and the Media

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