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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology 2021 Edition by Massimiano Bucchi, Brian Trench
Communicating science and technology is a high priority of many research and policy institutions, a concern of many other private and public bodies, and an established subject of training and education. In the past few decades, the field has developed and expanded significantly, both in terms of professional practice, and in terms of research and reflection. At the same time, particularly in recent years, interactions between science and society have become a topic of heated public and political debates, touching issues like quality and credibility of information, trust in science and scientific actors and institutions and the roles of experts in crises and emergencies. This book provides a state-of-the-art review of this fast-growing and increasingly important area, through an examination of research done on the main actors, issues and arenas involved.The third edition of the Handbook brings the reviews up-to-date and deepens the analysis. As well as substantial re-working of many chapters, it includes four new chapters addressing enduring themes (science publics, science-media theories), recent trends (art-science interactions) and new proposed insights on science communication as culture and as 'the social conversation around science'. New contributors are added to the group of leading scholars in the field featured in the previous editions.The Handbook is a student-friendly resource, but its scope and expert contributions will equally appeal to practitioners and professionals in science communication. Combining the perspectives of different disciplines and of different geographical and cultural contexts, this original text provides an interdisciplinary as well as a global approach to public communication of science and technology. It is a valuable resource, notably an indispensable guide to the published work in the field, for students, researchers, educators and professionals in science communication, media and journalism studies, sociology, history of science, and science and technology studies. Table of Contents : 1. Introduction: Science Communication as the Social Conversation Around ScienceMassimiano Bucchi and Brian Trench2. Science Journalism: Prospects in the Digital AgeSharon Dunwoody3. Scientists in Popular Culture: The Making of CelebritiesDeclan Fahy and Bruce Lewenstein4. Science Museums and Centres: Evolution and Contemporary TrendsBernard Schiele5. Science and Technology in Film: Themes and RepresentationsDavid A. Kirby and Ingrid Ockert6. Global Spread of Science Communication: Institutions and Practices Across ContinentsBrian Trench and Massimiano Bucchi7. Scientists as Public Experts: Expectations and ResponsibilitiesHans Peter Peters8. Mediatisation of Science and the Rise of Promotional CultureEsa Valiverronen9. Risk, Science and Public Communication: Third-order Thinking about Scientific CultureAlan Irwin10. Environmentalists as Science Communicators: Advocates and Critics in an Age of Climate ChallengesSteven Yearley11. Science Communication as Culture: A Framework for AnalysisMaja Horst and Sarah R Davies12. Communicating the Social Sciences and Humanities: Challenges and Insights for Research CommunicationAngela Cassidy13. Art-science Collaborations, Complexities and ChallengesMegan K. Halpern and Hannah Star Rogers14. Public Understanding of Science: Survey Research Around the WorldMartin W. Bauer and Bankole A. Falade15. Public Participation on Science and Technology: Dialogue, Disputations and CollaborationsEdna F. Einsiedel16. Audiences of Science Communication Between Pluralisation, Fragmentation and Polarisation Mike S. Schafer and Julia Metag 17. Evaluating Science Communication: Concepts and Tools for Realistic AssessmentGiuseppe Pellegrini