The science communication challenge [electronic resource] : truth and disagreement in democratic knowledge societies / author, 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.
Online Access:
Open Research Library (ORL): 2018 (Open Research Library)
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks): 2018 (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books: 2018 (Directory of Open Access Books)
Variant Title:
The Science Communication Challenge: Truth and Disagreement in Democratic Knowledge Societies
Format: Electronic eBook
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.