Journalism, science and society : science communication between news and public relations /
edited by Martin W. Bauer and Massimiano Bucchi.
- New York : Routledge, (c)2007.
- 1 online resource (vii, 286 pages) : illustrations.
- Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 7 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Introduction and a guidance for the reader / PARTI. changing scenarios of science communication -- 2. Insects or neutrons? Science news values in interwar Britain / 3. rise and fall of science communication in late nineteenth century Italy / 4. From journalism to corporate communication in post-war Britain / 5. Big science, little news: Science coverage in the Italian daily press, 1946-1997 / 6. Growing, but foreign source dependent: Science coverage in Latin America / 7. latest boom in popular science books / PARTII. Science writing: Practitioners' perspectives -- 8. Scheherazade: Telling stories, not educating people / 9. sex appeal of scientific news / 10. Science stories that cannot be told / 11. Science reporting as negotiation / 12. Why journalists report science as they do / 13. How the Internet changed science journalism / 14. end of science journalism / PARTIII. Public relations for science: Practitioners' perspectives -- 15. Royal Society and the debate on climate change / 16. PR for the physics of matter: Tops ... and flops / 17. Communication by scientists or stars? / 18. PR strategy without a PR office? / 19. Public engagement of science in the private sector: A new form of PR? / 20. strength of PR and the weakness of science journalism / 21. use of scientific expertise for political PR: The 'Donana' and 'Prestige' cases in Spain / PARTIV. International commentary. Martin W. Bauer and Massimiano Bucchi -- Jeff Hughes -- Paola Govoni -- Martin W. Bauer and Jane Gregory -- Massimiano Bucchi and Renato G. Mazzolini -- Luisa Massarani, Bruno Buys, Luis Henrique Amorim and Fernanda Veneu -- Jon Turney -- Tim Radford -- Luca Carra -- Sylvie Coyaud -- Chiara Palmerini -- Bjorn Fjestad -- Brian Trench -- Jon Franklin -- Bob Ward -- Manuela Arata -- Bronwyn Terrill -- Claudio A. Pantarotto and Armanda Jori -- Jane Gregory, Jon Agar, Simon Lock and Susie Harris -- Winfried Gopfert -- Carlos Elias -- 22. United States: Focus on the audience / 23. Australia: Co-ordination and professionalisation / 24. South Africa: Building capacity / 25. South Korea: The scandal of Professor Hwang Woo-Sok / 26. Japan: A boom in science news / Sharon Dunwoody -- Toss Gascoigne -- Marina Joubert -- Hak-Soo Kim -- Kenji Makino.
Analyzing the role of journalists in science communication, this book presents a perspective on how this is going to evolve in the twenty-first century.