Communication and Engagement with Science and Technology: Issues and Dilemmas - A Reader in Science Communication

ISBN-13: 9780415896269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 352 str.

John K. Gilbert; Bruce V. Lewenstein; Susan M. Stocklmayer

Opis

Science communication seeks to engage individuals and groups with evidence-based information about the nature, outcomes, and social consequences of science and technology. This text provides an overview of this burgeoning field the issues with which it deals, important influences that affect it, the challenges that it faces.

Spis treści

Preface: The changing face of science communication John K. Gilbert and Susan M. Stocklmayer  I. Models of science communication – theory into practice  1. Towards a ‘design approach’ to science communication Masakata Ogawa  2. Engagement with science: models of science communication Susan M. Stocklmayer  II: Challenges in communicating science  3. Scientists’ engagement with the public Suzette D. Searle  4. The role of science and technology in public policy. What is knowledge for? Will J Grant  5. Negotiating public resistance to engagement in science and technology Lindy Orthia  III. Major themes in science communication  6. Communicating the significance of risk Craig Trumbo  7. Quantitative literacy in science communication Maurice M.W. Cheng, Ka Lok Wong, Arthur Man Sang Lee, Ida Ah Chee Mok  8. Ethics and accountability in science and technology Rod Lamberts  9. Beliefs and the value of evidence Michael J. Reiss  IV. Informal learning  10. Helping learning in science communication John K. Gilbert  11. Science communication and science education Sean Perera and Susan M. Stocklmayer  12. The practice of science and technology communication in science museums Léonie J Rennie  V. Communication of contemporary issues in science and society  13. Communicating global climate change: issues and dilemmas Justin Dillon and Marie Hobson  14. Science communication during a short-term crisis: the case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Yeung Chung Lee  15. Communication challenges for sustainability Julia B. Corbett  16. The value of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the 21st Century Yonah Seleti  17. Science communication: The consequences of being human Chris Bryant  VI. Further exploration