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dc.contributor.authorBUCCHI, Massimiano
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-02T14:26:53Z
dc.date.available2012-07-02T14:26:53Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationLondon ; New York : Routledge, 1998, Routledge studies in science, technology and society, 1en
dc.identifier.isbn9780415189521
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/22625
dc.description.abstractIn 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 case, the COBE/Big Bang issue and Louis Pasteur's public demonstration of the anthrax vaccine, a historical case of 'public science'. Finally, Bucchi presents his unique model of communications between science and the public, carried out through the media. This is a thoughtful and wide-ranging treatment of complex contemporary issues, touching upon the history and sociology of science, communication and media studies. Bucchi's theories on scientific communication in the media are a valuable contribution to the current debate on this subject.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://hdl.handle.net/1814/5235en
dc.titleScience and the media : alternative routes in scientific communicationen
dc.typeBooken
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dc.description.versionPublished version of EUI PhD thesis, 1997en


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