Overview
Broadens understanding of the language of science for the general public
Carves a new path in the debate on how to remove people's doubts and address concerns related to different areas of science and technology
Presents the many nuances of bridging communication gaps when doing outreach
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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The Big Picture: Communicating Science to Win the Hearts and Minds
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The Indian Landscape of Communicating Science and Technology
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Old Is Gold: Time Tested Ways of Communication
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The Bold New World: Using Television, Internet and Social Media for Communicating Science
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Keywords
- communicating science to public
- smart websites
- Mars mission
- Science & Technology outreach
- social media for research
- communicating research on land resources
- communicating risks of natural hazards
- risks of mobile phone use
- information on atomic energy research
- public understanding of science in India
- popularizing science communication
- children's science congress
- citizen science projects
- science fairs in India
- S&T policy in India
About this book
This first-of-a-kind volume provides a snapshot of existing science communication policy and practice in India across different S&T sectors, and offers solutions to building effective communication. It provides an understanding on how to avoid societal clashes in situations when science meets the public in these sectors. The editors and contributors argue that effective S&T communication leads not only to a more informed public but also benefits research itself, and in a changing society like India this is a crucial element related to good governance and policy making. In this volume, experienced masters of the craft provide practical solutions to making S&T communication more effective in a vast democracy like India, which has complex issues related to literacy levels, diverse languages, varying political will, reach, and resources. Through, discussions on cases of creating information modules for the public on the Internet, television and radio, social media, as well a
s traditional ways of outreach like people’s science movements, holding popular science events, and fairs, the volume provides highly valuable directions on how developing countries with low resources and complex populations can communicate S&T research to the public and bridge communication gaps. This volume will interest researchers from science, social science, mass communication and public relations departments, journalists, as well as practitioners and policy makers from government and non-government institutions involved in S&T policy, practice and communication and people who want to understand the complex S&T landscape of India.Reviews
“The book has successfully captured the current trends of science & technology communicaion in India in its various formats and dimensions including the traditional ones like fairs, science events, competitions, festivals and exhibitions. … One can safely recommend it as an essential read for media students, practising communicators, scientists, researchers, activists, politicians and policy makers of government and non-government departments alike.” (Vinod Varshney, Science Reporter, July, 2017)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pallava Bagla is an Indian science journalist, communicator & photojournalist with over 25 years of experience. In 2014 he was the Shri T.V. Raman Pai Chair Visiting Professor of Science Communication, at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He has been the Science Editor of India’s highly respected private television channel New Delhi Television (NDTV) since 2006. In his almost two decades of continuous writing for Science magazine, he has critically analysed India’s prowess in S&T. He also runs a weekly column on science, technology, health and environment for India’s trusted news agency, the Press Trust of India (PTI). Bagla's recent work includes giving an insider’s look into India’s little known but highly developed missile development programme. He is the author of several books, some of the most recent being Reaching for the Stars: India’s Journey to Mars and Beyond (Bloomsbury, 2014), Destination Moon: India’s Quest for Moon, Mars and Beyond (HarperCollins, 2008). He is the winner of many awards for his work, and most recently in 2014, he was feted by the Prime Minister of India with an award for `excellence in journalism’.
V.V. Binoy is Assistant Professor, School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. Dr. Binoy explores the biological and environmental basis of decision-making and personality traits (also referred to as individual variation in the behaviour or behavioural syndrome) in vertebrates using fish and amphibian model systems. He is interested in the popularization of science using non-conventional methodologies of communication and also studies the efficacy of ‘citizen science’ in data collection and dissemination of information to the grass-roots levels of society. Binoy has been a recipient of the ‘Cognitive Science Research Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship’ and ‘Young Scientist’ start-up research grant from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bridging the Communication Gap in Science and Technology
Book Subtitle: Lessons from India
Editors: Pallava Bagla, V. V. Binoy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1025-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1024-8Published: 27 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1025-5Published: 17 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 324
Number of Illustrations: 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Communication Studies, Science Education, Popular Science, general, Nuclear Energy