Science Communication in the World

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. National Overviews

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. National overviews

   1. The ‘Communicative Turn’ in Contemporary Techno-science: Latin American Approaches and Global Tendencies

      • Carmelo Polino, Yurij Castelfranchi

      Pages 3-17

   2. The Evolution of Science Communication Research in Australia

      • Jenni Metcalfe, Toss Gascoigne

      Pages 19-32

   3. The Development of Science Communication Studies in Canada

      • Bernard Schiele, Anik Landry

      Pages 33-63

   4. Science Popularization Studies in China

      • Fujun Ren, Lin Yin, Honglin Li

      Pages 65-79

   5. Policy Perspective on Science Popularization in China

      • Shunke Shi, Huiliang Zhang

      Pages 81-94

   6. Deliberation, Dialogue or Dissemination: Changing Objectives in the Communication of Science and Technology in Denmark

      • Maja Horst

      Pages 95-108

   7. Social Sciences and the Communication of Science and Technology in France: Implications, Experimentation and Critique

      • Michèle Gellereau, Yves Jeanneret, Joëlle Le Marec

      Pages 109-123

   8. The Recent Public Understanding of Science Movement in Germany

      • Markus Lehmkuhl

      Pages 125-138

   9. Public Understanding of Science: Glimpses of the Past and Roads Ahead

      • Gauhar Raza, Surjit Singh, P. V. S. Kumar

      Pages 139-150

   10. Whose Science? What Knowledge? Science, Rationality and Literacy in Africa

       • Hester du Plessis

       Pages 151-168

   11. An Experience of Science Communication in Korea: The Space-Sharing Project with Mass Media

       • Sook-Kyoung Cho

       Pages 169-179

   12. From Science Popularization to Public Engagement: The History of Science Communication in Korea

       • Sung Kyum Cho, Ock Tae Kim

       Pages 181-191

   13. Spanish PCST and the European Science in Society Strategy

       • Vladimir de Semir

       Pages 193-209

   14. Science Museums and Cultural Images of Modernity: Scientific Communication, New Identities and Sociopolitical Constraints on Science Museums in Spain

       • Xavier Roigé

       Pages 211-224

4. Horizontal Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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5. Horizontal issues

   1. Slowly But Surely: How the European Union Promotes Science Communication

      • Michel Claessens

      Pages 227-240

   2. Vital and Vulnerable: Science Communication as a University Subject

      • Brian Trench

      Pages 241-257

   3. Visible Scientists, Media Coverage and National Identity: Nobel Laureates in the Italian Daily Press

      • Massimiano Bucchi

      Pages 259-268

This volume is aimed at all those who wonder about the mechanisms and effects of the disclosure of knowledge. Whether they have a professional interest in understanding these processes generally, or they wish to conduct targeted investigations in the PCST field, it will be useful to anyone involved in science communication, including researchers, academics, students, journalists, science museum staff, scientists high public profiles, and information officers in scientific institutions.

• Science communication society
• science communication culture
• science communication literacy
• science communication technology
• science communication trends

From the reviews:

“This volume represents the result of several years’ research collaboration in the field of public communication of science and technology, presented and discussed from a global viewpoint. … this book an interesting and inspired read which changed my understanding and perception of the field of scientific communication. An informative and thought-provoking volume, Science Communication in the World should be of interest to a wide audience, including researchers, teachers, students, journalists and those involved in the history of science.” (Kevin Coward, The Biologist, Vol. 59 (5), December, 2012)

• Fac. Communication, École des Médias, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada

  Bernard Schiele

• , Office of the Director General, ITER, St Paul Les Durance, France

  Michel Claessens

• Science Popularization (CRISP), China Research Institute for, Beijing, China, People's Republic

  Shunke Shi

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