Science Communication in the World

Practices, Theories and Trends

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

This volume is aimed at all those who wonder about the mechanisms and effects of the disclosure of knowledge. Whether they have a professional interest in understanding these processes generally, or they wish to conduct targeted investigations in the PCST field, it will be useful to anyone involved in science communication, including researchers, academics, students, journalists, science museum staff, scientists high public profiles, and information officers in scientific institutions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-09
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:318
Upplaga:2012
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789401782500

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From the reviews: "This volume represents the result of several years' research collaboration in the field of public communication of science and technology, presented and discussed from a global viewpoint. ... this book an interesting and inspired read which changed my understanding and perception of the field of scientific communication. An informative and thought-provoking volume, Science Communication in the World should be of interest to a wide audience, including researchers, teachers, students, journalists and those involved in the history of science." (Kevin Coward, The Biologist, Vol. 59 (5), December, 2012)

Innehållsförteckning

Abbreviations and Acronyms.- Introduction.- PART 1: National Overviews.- 1. The ‘Communicative Turn’ in Contemporary Techno-Science: Latin American Approaches and Global Tendencies.- 2. The Evolution of Science Communication Research on Australia.- 3. The Development of Science Communication Studies in Canada.- 4. Science Popularization Studies in China.- 5. Policy Perspective on Science Popularization in China.- 6. Deliberation, Dialogue or Dissemination: Changing Objectives in the Communication of Science and Technology in Denmark.- 7. Social Sciences and the Communication of Science and Technology in France: Implications, Experimentation and Critique.- 8. The Recent Public Understanding of Science Movement in Germany.- 9. Public Understanding of Science: Glimpses of the Past and Roads Ahead.- 10. Whose Science? What Knowledge? Science, Rationality and Literacy in Africa.- 11. An Experience of Science Communication in Korea: The Space-Sharing Project with Mass Media.- 12. From Science Popularization To Public Engagement: The History of Science Communication in Korea.- 13. Spanish PCST and the European Science in Society Strategy.- 14. Science Museums and Cultural Images of Modernity: Scientific Communication, New Identities and Sociopolitical Constraints on Science Museums in Spain.- PART 2: Horizontal Issues.- 15. Slowly But Surely: How the European Union Promotes Science Communication.- 16. Vital and Vulnerable: Science Communication as a University Subject.- 17. Visible Scientists, Media Coverage and National Identity: Nobel Laureates in the Italian Daily Press.- 18. Engagement: The Key To the Communicative Effectiveness of Science and Ideas.- 19. From Public To Policy.- 20. Science Culture and its Indicators.- Index.