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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815705903321

Autore

Bucchi Massimiano <1970->

Titolo

Science and the media : alternative routes in scientific communication / / Massimiano Bucchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-65741-2

1-280-33029-5

9786610330294

0-203-26383-9

0-203-06487-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; ; 1

Disciplina

501/.4

Soggetti

Communication in science

Communication of technical information

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS

Sommario/riassunto

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