Science and the media alternative routes in scientific communication
by Massimiano Bucchi
Routledge Studies in Science, Technology, and Society
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In 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 show more ""internal"" crisis situations. Bucchi examines three cases of scientists turning to the public: the cold fusion ca show lessMembers
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Massimiano Bucchi teaches Sociology of Science i the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy.
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