Successful science communication : telling it like it is, edited by David J. Bennett, Richard C. Jennings

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Successful science communication : telling it like it is, edited by David J. Bennett, Richard C. Jennings

Title remainder

telling it like it is

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edited by David J. Bennett, Richard C. Jennings

Instantiates

• Successful science communication : telling it like it is

Publication

• Cambridge | New York, Cambridge University Press, 2011

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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rdacarrier

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Contents

• Foreword / Sir Walter Bodmer -- Authors' biographies -- Introduction: Public engagement in an evolving science policy landscape / Richard A.L. Jones -- Part I. What it helps to know beforehand. Deficits and dialogues : science communication and the public understanding of science in the UK / Simon J. Lock ; Explaining the world : communicating science through the ages / James Hannam ; Science : truth, and ethics / Richard Jennings ; The public's view of science / George Gaskell, Sally Stares and Nicole Kronberger ; The common language of research / Tracey Brown ; Not 100% sure? The 'public' understanding of risk / John Adams ; The ethos of science vs. ethics of science communication : on deficit and surplus models of science-society interaction / Alfred Nordmann -- Part II. Policy makers, the media and public interest organisations. Research and public communication in EU policy and practice / Michel Claessens ; Tackling the climate communication challenge / Andrew C. Revkin ; Dealings with the media / Stephen White ; Dealings with the U.S. media / Chris Mooney ; Relations with public interest organisations : consumers / Sue Davies ; Relations with public interest organisations : patients and families / Alastair Kent ; Relations with environmental organisations : a very personal story / Piet Schenkelaars --
• Part III. What you can do and how to do it. Building relations with the various groups / David J. Bennett ; Finding the right words : how to shine in radio and television interviews / Peter Evans ; Nanotechnology and the media : front page or no story? / Richard Hayhurst ; The power of the podcast : the Naked Scientists' story / Chris Smith ; The social web in science communication / Hayley Birch ; Dealing with dilemmas and societal expectations : a company's response / Lise Kingo and Susanne Stormer ; Science festivals / Nicola Buckley and Sue Hordijenko ; Things to see and do : how scientific images work / Rikke Schmidt Kj'rgaard ; The triple helix : the undergraduate student-run face of science communication / James Shepherd ; Public understanding of research : the Open Research Laboratory at the Deutsches Museum / Paul Hix and Wolfgang M. Heckl ; 'Imagine' : a communication project putting life sciences in the spotlight / Patricia Osseweijer and Tanja Klop -- Part IV. And finally, evaluating and embedding science communication. Evaluating success : how to find out what worked (and what didn't) / Laura Grant ; Effectively embedding science communication in academia : a second paradigm shift? / Maarten C.A. van der Sanden and Patricia Osseweijer

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23 cm.

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xxix, 462 p., [8] p. of col. plates

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9780521176781

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(pbk)

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2011007354

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unmediated

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u5590760

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• (OCoLC)ocn708761638
• (OCoLC)ocn818853288