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Science and the media : alternative routes in scientific communication / Massimiano Bucchi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bucchi, Massimiano, 1970-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 1.
- Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in science.
- Communication of technical information.
- Communication in science--Case studies.
- Communication of technical information--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the days of global warming and BSE, science is increasingly a public issue. This book provides a theoretical framework which allows us to understand why and how scientists address the general public. The author develops the argument that turning to the public is not simply a response to inaccurate reporting by journalists or to public curiosity, nor a wish to gain recognition and additional funding. Rather, it is a tactic to which the scientific community are pushed by certain ""internal"" crisis situations. Bucchi examines three cases of scientists turning to the public: the cold fusion ca
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-65741-2
- 1-280-33029-5
- 9786610330294
- 0-203-26383-9
- 0-203-06487-9
- 9780203064870
- OCLC:
- 54874915
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