The Oxford handbook on the science of science communication / edited by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dan Kahan, Dietram Scheufele.

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Other Authors: Jamieson, Kathleen Hall (Editor)
Kahan, Dan M. (Editor)
Scheufele, Dietram (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:Oxford library of psychology.
Subjects:
Communication in science.
Science.
Physical Description:xxii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Why Science Communication? / Dan M. Kahan, Dietram A. Scheufele, Kathleen Hall Jamieson
  • Publication Bias in Science: What is it, Why is it Problematic, and How Can It Be Addressed? / Andrew Brown, Tapan Mehta, David Allison
  • Statistical Biases in Science Communication: What We Know About Them and How They Can Be Addressed / John Ioannidis
  • Is there a Hype Problem in Science? If so, How is it Addressed? / Peter Weingart
  • Is there a Retraction Problem? And, If So, What Do We Know About How It Is and Can Be Addressed? Is there a Retraction Problem? And, If So, What Do We Know About How It Is and Can Be Addressed? / Adam Marcus, Ivan Oransky
  • A Recap: Identifying and Overcoming Challenges to Science Featured in Attacks on Science / Joseph Hilgard
  • A Comparative Study of Communication about Food Safety Before, During, and After the zMad Cowy Crisis / Matteo Ferrari
  • Cross-National Comparative Communication and Deliberation about the Risks of Nanotechnologies / Nick Pidgeon, Barbara Herr Harthorn, Terre Satterfield, Christina Demski
  • Communications about Biotechnologies and GMOs across Europe / Heinz Bonfadelli
  • A Tale of Two Vaccines-and their Science Communication Environments / Dan M. Kahan, Ashley Landrum
  • A Recap: Science Communication in Action / Heather Akin
  • The Need for a Science of Science Communication: Communicating Science's Values and Norms / Kathleen Hall Jamieson
  • Science Communication at Scientific Institutions / Tiffany Lohwater, Martin Storksdieck
  • The Role of Scholarly Presses and Journals / Barbara Kline Pope, Elizabeth Marincola
  • The Role of Governmental Organizations in Communicating About Regulating Science / Jeffrey Morris
  • Science Communication and Museums' Changing Roles / Victoria Cain, Karen Rader
  • The Role of Funding Organizations: Foundations / Elizabeth Good Christopherson
  • Promoting Popular Understanding of Science and Health through Social Networks / Brian G. Southwell
  • Designing Public Deliberation at the Intersection of Science and Public Policy / John Gastil
  • Translating Science Into Policy and Legislation: Evidence-based policy making / Jason Gallo
  • A Recap: The Role of Intermediaries in Communicating Science: A Synthesis / Ashley Landrum
  • The (Changing) Nature of Scientist-Media Interactions: A Cross National Analysis / Sara Yeo, Dominique Brossard
  • Overview of the Science of Science Communication / Heather Akin
  • New Models of Knowledge-Based Journalism / Matthew Nisbet, Declan Fahy
  • Citizens Making Sense of Science Issues: Supply and Demand Factors for Science News and Information in the Digital Age / Michael Xenos
  • The Changing Popular Images of Science / David Kirby
  • What Do We Know About the Entertainment Industry's Portrayal of Science? How Does it Affect Public Attitudes Toward Science? / James Shanahan
  • How Narrative Functions in Entertainment to Communicate Science / Martin Kaplan, Michael Dahlstrom
  • Assumptions about Science in Satirical News and Late Night Comedy / Lauren Feldman
  • A Recap: The Role, Power, and Peril of Media for the Communication of Science / Nan Li, Robert Lull
  • Countering False Beliefs: An Analysis of the Evidence and Recommendations of Best Practices for the Retraction and Correction of Scientific Misinformation / Man-pui Sally Chan, Christopher Jones, Dolores Albarracin
  • Using Frames to Make Scientific Communication More Effective / James N. Druckman, Arthur Lupia
  • Philosophical Impediments to Citizens' Use of Science / Jonathan Baron
  • On the Sources of Ordinary Science Knowledge and Extraordinary Science Ignorance / Dan M. Kahan
  • Overcoming Confirmation and Blind Spot Bias When Communicating Science / Kate Kenski
  • Understanding and Overcoming Selective Exposure and Judgement When Communicating About Science / Natalie Jomini Stroud
  • Overcoming Innumeracy and the Use of Heuristics When Communicating Science / Ellen Peters
  • Overcoming Biases in Processing of Time Series Data about Climate / Bruce Hardy, Kathleen Hall Jamieson
  • Understanding and Overcoming Fear Of the Unnatural in Discussion of GMOs / Robert Lull, Dietram A. Scheufele
  • Protecting or Polluting the Science Communication Environment? The Case of Childhood Vaccines / Dan M. Kahan
  • Overcoming false causal attribution: debunking the MMR-autism association / Nan Li, Talia Stroud, Kathleen Hall Jamieson
  • Overcoming the challenges of communicating uncertainty across national contexts / Michael Siegrist, Christina Hartmann
  • A Recap: Heuristics, Biases, Values and Other Challenges to Communicating Science / Heather Akin, Ashley Landrum
  • Conclusion: On the Horizon
  • The Changing Science Communication Environment / Dietram A. Scheufele, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dan M. Kahan
  • How Changing Media Structures are Affecting Science News Coverage / Mike S. Schäfer
  • What the Public Thinks and Knows about Science: And Why it Matters / William Hallman
  • Scientific Controversies: Can the Science of Science Communication Provide Management Guidance or only Analysis? / Bruce Lewenstein
  • A Recap: The Science of Communicating Science / Joseph Hilgard, Nan Li
  • zSelf-Correctingy: How Retractions and Peer-Review Problems are Exploited to Attack Science / Joseph Hilgard, Kathleen Hall Jamieson
  • Conclusion: On the horizon: the changing science communication environment / Dietram A. Scheufele, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, and Dan Kahan.