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Title Journalism, science and society : science communication between news and public relations / edited by Martin W. Bauer and Massimiano Bucchi.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 286 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 7
Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Analyzing the role of journalists in science communication, this book presents a perspective on how this is going to evolve in the twenty-first century.
Contents 1. Introduction and a guidance for the reader / Martin W. Bauer and Massimiano Bucchi -- pt. I. changing scenarios of science communication -- 2. Insects or neutrons? Science news values in interwar Britain / Jeff Hughes -- 3. rise and fall of science communication in late nineteenth century Italy / Paola Govoni -- 4. From journalism to corporate communication in post-war Britain / Martin W. Bauer and Jane Gregory -- 5. Big science, little news: Science coverage in the Italian daily press, 1946-1997 / Massimiano Bucchi and Renato G. Mazzolini -- 6. Growing, but foreign source dependent: Science coverage in Latin America / Luisa Massarani, Bruno Buys, Luis Henrique Amorim and Fernanda Veneu -- 7. latest boom in popular science books / Jon Turney -- pt. II. Science writing: Practitioners' perspectives -- 8. Scheherazade: Telling stories, not educating people / Tim Radford -- 9. sex appeal of scientific news / Luca Carra -- 10. Science stories that cannot be told / Sylvie Coyaud -- 11. Science reporting as negotiation / Chiara Palmerini -- 12. Why journalists report science as they do / Bjorn Fjestad -- 13. How the Internet changed science journalism / Brian Trench -- 14. end of science journalism / Jon Franklin -- pt. III. Public relations for science: Practitioners' perspectives -- 15. Royal Society and the debate on climate change / Bob Ward -- 16. PR for the physics of matter: Tops ... and flops / Manuela Arata -- 17. Communication by scientists or stars? / Bronwyn Terrill -- 18. PR strategy without a PR office? / Claudio A. Pantarotto and Armanda Jori -- 19. Public engagement of science in the private sector: A new form of PR? / Jane Gregory, Jon Agar, Simon Lock and Susie Harris -- 20. strength of PR and the weakness of science journalism / Winfried Gopfert -- 21. use of scientific expertise for political PR: The 'Donana' and 'Prestige' cases in Spain / Carlos Elias -- pt. IV. International commentary.
22. United States: Focus on the audience / Sharon Dunwoody -- 23. Australia: Co-ordination and professionalisation / Toss Gascoigne -- 24. South Africa: Building capacity / Marina Joubert -- 25. South Korea: The scandal of Professor Hwang Woo-Sok / Hak-Soo Kim -- 26. Japan: A boom in science news / Kenji Makino.
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Subject Science journalism.
Science journalism.
Science news.
Science news.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Bauer, Martin W.
Bucchi, Massimiano, 1970-
Other Form: Print version: Journalism, science and society. New York : Routledge, ©2007 9780415375283 0415375282 (DLC) 2007001215 (OCoLC)78893027
ISBN 9780203942314 (electronic book)
0203942310 (electronic book)
9780415375283 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
0415375282 (hardback ; alkaline paper)