The New Art of Old Public Science Communication

ISBN-13: 9781032000800 / Miękka / 2023 / 186 str.

Germany) Hill Miira B. (University of Bremen

Opis

This book investigates the phenomenon of science communication events as spectacles for legitimizing and communicating science to the public, shedding new light on the ways in which public scientists present knowledge, and the role of bodies, techniques, visuals and objects in the communicative construction of (scientific) reality.

Spis treści

1. The Difficulty of Communicating Science to the Public  2. Public Science Communication: From Old Styles to New  3. Developing a Theoretical Framework in Which to Study Science Communication  4. Materials and Methods  5. The Science Slam as Communicative Innovation: How Was the Science Slam Established?  6. Science Slam as a Genre  7. Science Slam in Contemporary Society

O autorze

Miira B. Hill is a postdoctoral researcher for Media and Communications at the ZeMKI (Center for Media, Communication and Information Research), University of Bremen, Germany.