UID:
almafu_9961152579202883
Format:
1 online resource (299 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-18729-7
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1-281-70627-2
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9786611706272
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0-203-94231-0
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 7
Content:
Analyzing the role of journalists in science communication, this book presents a perspective on how this is going to evolve in the twenty-first century. The book takes three distinct perspectives on this interesting subject. Firstly, science journalists reflect on their 'operating rules' (science news values and news making routines). Secondly, a brief history of science journalism puts things into context, characterising the changing output of science writing in newspapers over time. Finally, the book invites several international journalists or communication scholars to comm
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1 Introduction and a guidance for the reader; Part I: The changing scenarios of science communication; 2 Insects or neutrons?: Science news values in interwar Britain; 3 The rise and fall of science communication in late nineteenth century Italy; 4 From journalism to corporate communication in post-war Britain; 5 Big science, little news: Science coverage in the Italian daily press, 1946-1997; 6 Growing, but foreign source dependent: Science coverage in Latin America; 7 The latest boom in popular science books
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Part II: Science writing: Practitioners' perspectives8 Scheherazade: Telling stories, not educating people; 9 The sex appeal of scientific news; 10 Science stories that cannot be told; 11 Science reporting as negotiation; 12 Why journalists report science as they do; 13 How the Internet changed science journalism; 14 The end of science journalism; Part III: Public relations for science: Practitioners' perspectives; 15 The Royal Society and the debate on climate change; 16 PR for the physics of matter: Tops...and flops; 17 Communication by scientists or stars?
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18 A PR strategy without a PR office?19 Public engagement of science in the private sector: A new form of PR?; 20 The strength of PR and the weakness of science journalism; 21 The use of scientific expertise for political PR: The 'Doñana' and 'Prestige' cases in Spain; Part IV: International commentary; 22 United States: Focus on the audience; 23 Australia: Co-ordination and professionalisation; 24 South Africa: Building capacity; 25 South Korea: The scandal of Professor Hwang Woo-Sok; 26 Japan: A boom in science news; Contributors; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-88134-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-37528-2
Language:
English
