Exploring Science Communication

The communication of scientific research raises big questions about the kind of societies we want to live in. Through a range of case studies, from museums to Facebook to public parks, Exploring Science Communication ****shows you how to understand and analyse the complex and diverse ways science and society relate in today s knowledge intensive environments.

Informationen zum Autor Ulrike Felt is Professor and Head of the Department of Science and Technology Studies as well as of the research platform Responsible Research and Innovation in Academic Practice at the University of Vienna, Austria. Sarah R. Davis is Professor of Media, Cognition and Communication at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, with a research interest in public engagement and public understanding of science. Klappentext The communication of scientific research raises big questions about the kind of societies we want to live in. Through a range of case studies, from museums to Facebook to public parks, Exploring Science Communication shows you how to understand and analyse the complex and diverse ways science and society relate in today's knowledge intensive environments. Zusammenfassung The communication of scientific research raises big questions about the kind of societies we want to live in. Through a range of case studies, from museums to Facebook to public parks, Exploring Science Communication shows you how to understand and analyse the complex and diverse ways science and society relate in today's knowledge intensive environments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction Part I - STS Concepts and Sensitivities Chapter 2. Conceptual Framings: STS Research for Science Communication Chapter 3. What does an STS approach to Science Communication Look Like? Part II - Mobilizing STS Concepts and Sensitivities: The Case Studies Chapter 4. Object Biographies: The Life of a Hacked Gene Gun - Tybjerg, Karin; Whiteley, Louise; Davies, Sarah R. Chapter 5. Public Science and Public Space: Communicating Ecologies through Landscape Design - Owens, Marcus Chapter 6. Visual Climate Communication: Making Facts and Concerns in Popular Science Magazines - Born, Dorothea Chapter 7. Public Health Communication: Anecdotal Evidence and Responsibility in Print Media Accounts of Obesity - Felt, Ulrike Chapter 8. Constructing Science in Public: Framing Synthetic Yeast in News Media - Szymanski, Erika Chapter 9. Science, Emotion, and Identity Online: Constructing Science and Selves on "I Fucking Love Science" - Marsh, Oliver Chapter 10. Coproducing Knowledge and Nation States: Nutrition Communication and the making of Citizens - Ben Shachar, Teharlev Erela; Davidovitch, Nadav Chapter 11. Communicating Forensic Genetics: "Enthusiastic" Publics and the Management of Expectations - Amelung, Nina; Granja, Rafaela; Machado, Helena Part III - Concluding Thoughts Chapter 12. Connections, Assemblages, and Open Ends ...

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I - STS Concepts and Sensitivities
Chapter 2. Conceptual Framings: STS Research for Science Communication
Chapter 3. What does an STS approach to Science Communication Look Like?
Part II - Mobilizing STS Concepts and Sensitivities: The Case Studies
Chapter 4. Object Biographies: The Life of a Hacked Gene Gun - Tybjerg, Karin; Whiteley, Louise; Davies, Sarah R.
Chapter 5. Public Science and Public Space: Communicating Ecologies through Landscape Design - Owens, Marcus
Chapter 6. Visual Climate Communication: Making Facts and Concerns in Popular Science Magazines - Born, Dorothea
Chapter 7. Public Health Communication: Anecdotal Evidence and Responsibility in Print Media Accounts of Obesity - Felt, Ulrike
Chapter 8. Constructing Science in Public: Framing Synthetic Yeast in News Media - Szymanski, Erika
Chapter 9. Science, Emotion, and Identity Online: Constructing Science and Selves on "I Fucking Love Science" - Marsh, Oliver
Chapter 10. Coproducing Knowledge and Nation States: Nutrition Communication and the making of Citizens - Ben Shachar, Teharlev Erela; Davidovitch, Nadav
Chapter 11. Communicating Forensic Genetics: "Enthusiastic" Publics and the Management of Expectations - Amelung, Nina; Granja, Rafaela; Machado, Helena
Part III - Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 12. Connections, Assemblages, and Open Ends