Science Communication in the World Practices, Theories and Trends /

The wonders of science have a powerful hold on the imagination, yet the challenge of conveying to the public the expanding frontiers of human scientific knowledge grows daily more complex. This analysis of the process has three goals. First, to offer a survey of research conducted in the field of pu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Schiele, Bernard (Editor ), Claessens, Michel (Editor ), Shi, Shunke (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Environment.
Communication.
Science-History.
Continuing education.
Mathematics.
Environmental Sciences.
Media and Communication.
History of Science.
Lifelong Learning.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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