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Investigating Science Communication in the Information Age
Implications for public engagement and popular media
Edited by Richard Holliman, Elizabeth Whitelegg, Eileen Scanlon, Sam Smidt, and Jeff Thomas
312 pages
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11 BW line, 8 BW half-tone, 2 plates
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246x171mm
978-0-19-955266-5
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Paperback
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25 September 2008
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- Supports the teaching and learning of contemporary science communication through core readings by drawing on current research in the field, and facilitating a research—teaching synergy.
- All chapters are newly commissioned to provide an up-to-date perspective on issues facing science communication researchers.
- Each chapter includes a section of 'further reading' and 'useful websites' to encourage students to engage with further sources beyond the core readings.
- Explores various novel and traditional forms of science communication, focusing on developments apparent under two broad contemporary themes: public engagement and popular media.
- Features both international and cross-cultural examples.
- Chapters take a critical stance on the study of issues in science communication, providing readers with an engaging account of these important contemporary issues.
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.Readership: Intermediate and advanced undergraduates and Masters students taking a science communication course. Also of interest to professional scientists - teachers and researchers - who wish to know more about this subject.
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Edited by Richard Holliman, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, The Open University, Elizabeth Whitelegg, Senior Lecturer in Science Education, The Open University, Eileen Scanlon, Professor of Educational Technology and co-Director of the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology, The Open University, Sam Smidt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Programme Director of MSc in Science, The Open University, and Jeff Thomas, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, The Open University Contributors:
Stuart Allan,
Professor of Journalism in the Media School, Bournemouth University.
James Bennett, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at London Metropolitan University.
Jenni Carr, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Science at The Open University.
Sarah Davies, Institute of Hazard and Risk Research, Durham University.
Anders Hansen, Deputy Director of the Centre for Mass Communication Research and Lecturer in Mass Communications in the Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, UK.
Barbara Hodgson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology at The Open University.
Susanna Hornig Priest, Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the Hank Greenspun School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Alan Irwin, Dean of Research at Copenhagen Business School.
Eric Jensen, ISOTOPE Project Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, Open University.
Joan Leach, University of Queensland.
Robin Meisner, Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS) at King's College London.
Felicity Mellor, Lecturer in Science Communication at Imperial College London.
Jonathan Osborne, Head of the Department of Education and Professional Studies and the Chair of science education, King's College London.
Jack Stilgoe, senior researcher at Demos.
Brian Trench, senior lecturer and former head of school at the School of Communications, Dublin City University.
James Wilsdon, Head of science and
innovation at Demos and a senior research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Lancaster University.
Simeon Yates, Director of the Culture, Communication and Computing Research Institute (C3RI) at Sheffield Hallam University.
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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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Section 1 - Engaging with public engagement
1.1: Alan Irwin: Moving forwards or in circles? Science communication and scientific governance in an age of innovation
1.2: Jack Stilgoe and James Wilsdon: The new politics of public engagement with science?
1.3: Richard Holliman and Eric Jensen: (In)authentic sciences and (im)partial publics: (re)constructing the science outreach and public engagement agenda
Section 2 - Researching public engagement
2.1: Eric Jensen and Richard Holliman: Investigating science communication to inform science outreach and public engagement
2.2: Sarah Davies: Learning to engage; engaging to learn: the purposes of informal science-public dialogue
2.3: Robin Meisner and Jonathan Osborne: Engaging with interactive science exhibits: A study of children's activity and the value of experience
Section 3 - Studying science in popular media
3.1: Anders Hansen: Science, communication and media
3.2: Joan Leach, Simeon Yates and Eileen Scanlon: Models of science communication
Section 4 - Mediating science news
4.1: Stuart Allan: Making science newsworthy: exploring the conventions of science journalism
4.2: Brian Trench: Science reporting in the electronic embrace of the Internet
Section 5 - Communicating science in popular media
5.1: James Bennett: From flow to user-flows: Understanding 'good science' programming in the UK digital television landscape
5.2: Felicity Mellor: Image-music-text of popular science
Section 6 - Examining audiences for popular science
6.1: Susanna Hornig Priest: Reinterpreting the audiences for media messages about science
6.2: Jenni Carr, Elizabeth Whitelegg, Richard Holliman, Eileen Scanlon and Barbara Hodgson: Investigating gendered representations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK children's television
6.3: Richard Holliman and Eileen Scanlon: Interpreting contested science: media influence and scientific citizenship
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