The science communication challenge : truth and disagreement in democratic knowledge societies / Gitte Meyer.

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"The book explores and discusses the why's - as distinct from the how's - of science communication. Arguing that the dominant science communication paradigm is of a didactic vein, and tracing the origins of that paradigm, it makes the case for a political category of science communication, aimed at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meyer, Gitte, 1953- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	London, UK ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2018.
Subjects:	Communication in science. Science > Methodology.
Physical Description:	vi, 181 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Science communication in democratic knowledge societies
Science as "universal light"
The elusive concept of the modern public
The elusive concept of modern politics
A political category of science communication.