Practising Science Communication in the Information Age
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Practising Science Communication in the Information Age: Theorising Professional Practices(2 Communicating Science in the Information Age)


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What is the impact of open access on science communication? How can scientists effectively engage and interact with the public? What role can science communication have when scientific controversies arise? Practising science communication in the information age is a collection of newly-commissioned chapters by leading scholars and practitioners of science communication. It considers how scientists communicate with each other as part of their professional practice, critically evaluating how this forms the basis of the documenting of scientific knowledge, and investigating how open access publication and open review are influencing current practices. It also explores how science communication can play a crucial role when science is disputed, investigating the role of expertise in the formation of scientific controversy and consensus. The volume provides a theoretically informed review of contemporary trends and issues that are engaging practitioners of science communication, focusing on issues such as the norms and conventions governing the practices of science communication, and how scientists communicate between disciplines. Other topics that receive critical treatment include: peer review, open access publication, the protection of intellectual property, the formation of scientific controversy and consensus, the popularisation of science, and the practices of public engagement. A companion volume, Investigating science communication in the information age, provides an ideal introduction to anyone wishing to study contemporary science communication.

Table of Contents:
Section 1 - Communicating post-academic science 1.1: Jane Gregory: Scientists communicating 1.2: Robert Doubleday: Ethical codes and scientific norms: the role of communicating in maintaining the social contract for science 1.3: Charlotte Schulze: Patents and the dissemination of scientific knowledge Section 2 - Developing trends in scientists' communicating 2.1: Joachim Schummer: Science communication across disciplines 2.2: Matthew Chalmers: Communicating physics in the information age Section 3 - Accessing contemporary science 3.1: Scott L. Montgomery: Science and the online world: realities and issues for discussion for discussion 3.2: Richard Gartner: From print to online: developments in access to scientific information Section 4 - Consensus and controversy 4.1: Elizabeth Wager: Peer review in science journals: past, present and future 4.2: Jeff Thomas: Controversy and consensus Section 5 - Popularizing science 5.1: Bruce Lewenstein: Where do books fit in the information age? 5.2: Jon Turney: Science communication in fiction 5.3: Martin Redfern: Speaking to the world: Radio and other audio Section 6 - Practising public engagement 6.1: Stuart Monro: The development of Our Dynamic Earth 6.2: Ann Grand: Engaging through dialogue: international experiences of Café Scientifique

About the Author :
Richard Holliman is Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Open University (OU), UK and production course team chair of Communicating Science in the Information Age. After completing a PhD investigating the representation of contemporary scientific research in television and newspapers in the Department of Sociology at the OU, in 2000 he moved across the campus to the Faculty of Science. Since that time he has worked on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate course teams, producing mixed media materials that address the interface between science and society. He is a member of the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology and is currently leading (with colleagues) the ISOTOPE (Informing Science Outreach and Public Engagement) and (In)visible Witnesses research project teams. Jeff Thomas is a senior lecturer within the Department of Biological Sciences at the Open University. He has worked at the OU all his professional life, contributing to a wide range of teaching initiatives in biology and in health sciences, and more recently to a range of projects concerned with contemporary science issues and on the relationships between science and different publics, at both undergraduate and Masters level. His research interests are concerned with the influence of contemporary science controversies on public attitude, on conceptual problems of learning biological science, and in public involvement in science-based policy-making. He also teaches part-time for Birkbeck College, University of London on its Diploma in Science Communication. Sam Smidt is a senior lecturer based in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Open University, and Programme Director of the MSc in Science. She has interests in physics education and outreach work in promoting science to the public. Eileen Scanlon is Professor of Educational Technology and co-Director of the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology at the Open University. She is also Visiting Professor in the Moray House School of Education at the University of Edinburgh. Elizabeth Whitelegg is Senior Lecturer in Science Education working in the Science Faculty at the Open University (OU), and Award Director for Science Short Courses. She recently produced (with Professor Patricia Murphy) a review of the research literature on the participation of girls in physics, for the Institute of Physics. Her main research interest is in girls' and women's participation in science and in learning science (particularly physics) at all levels; she is currently leading (with colleagues) the (In)visible Witnesses project. In 2003 she was invited to become a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.

Review :
`Comprehensive, interesting, and for an academic and teacher in the area, really quite exciting.' Dr. Angela Cassidy, Leeds University Business School `The OU team and associated Readers are well respected and tested texts in science communication.' Professor Mark Brake, Centre for Astronomy and Science Education, University of Glamorgan We are convinced that due to the variation of subjects every reader (students, researchers, policy makers, science communicators, teachers in higher education) will find useful information in these volumes, and for teachers of science communication these books are obligatory reading. `A valuable and much-needed resource.' Professor David Gooding, Science Studies Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Bath


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199552672
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 457 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199552673
  • Publisher Date: 02 Oct 2008
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 262
  • Series Title: 2 Communicating Science in the Information Age
  • Sub Title: Theorising Professional Practices
  • Width: 170 mm


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