Editors:
- Reflects the richness of science communication and reviews the current models and experiences in this field
- Crystallizes the state of the art in science communication
- A product of the research and expertise developed by the informal and international Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Network
- Written by 31 world leading experts who all have a substantial experience in both theoretical and practical approaches to science communication
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Revisiting Models
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Crossing Boundaries
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Developing Strategies
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Back Matter
About this book
Science communication, as a multidisciplinary field, has developed remarkably in recent years. It is now a distinct and exceedingly dynamic science that melds theoretical approaches with practical experience. Formerly well-established theoretical models now seem out of step with the social reality of the sciences, and the previously clear-cut delineations and interacting domains between cultural fields have blurred. Communicating Science in Social Contexts examines that shift, which itself depicts a profound recomposition of knowledge fields, activities and dissemination practices, and the value accorded to science and technology.
Communicating Science in Social Contexts is the product of long-term effort that would not have been possible without the research and expertise of the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Network and the editors. For nearly 20 years, this informal, international network has been organizing events and forums for discussion of the public communication of science.
Editors and Affiliations
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China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), Beijing, P.R. China
Donghong Cheng
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European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Michel Claessens
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Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS), University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia
Toss Gascoigne
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Econnect Communication, South Brisbane, Australia
Jenni Metcalfe
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Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Bernard Schiele
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China Research Institute for Science Popularization, Beijing, P.R. China
Shunke Shi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Communicating Science in Social Contexts
Book Subtitle: New models, new practices
Editors: Donghong Cheng, Michel Claessens, Toss Gascoigne, Jenni Metcalfe, Bernard Schiele, Shunke Shi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8598-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8597-0Published: 18 July 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7928-2Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8598-7Published: 15 July 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 320
Topics: Communication Studies, Science Education, Business and Management, general, Popular Science, general, Sociology of Education, R & D/Technology Policy