Science Communication / / ed. by Marcelo Dascal, Thomas Gloning, Annette Leßmöllmann.

The volume gives a multi-perspective overview of scholarly and science communication, exploring its diverse functions, modalities, interactional structures, and dynamics in a rapidly changing world. In addition, it provides a guide to current research approaches and traditions on communication in ma...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Handbooks of Communication Science , 17
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XIX, 718 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Preface --
Table of contents --
Introduction to the volume --
I. Perspectives of research on scholarly and science communication --
1. Philosophy of science for science communication in twenty-two questions --
2. Science understanding between scientific literacy and trust: contributions from psychological and educational research --
3. The contribution of media studies to the understanding of science communication --
4. Analyzing science communication through the lens of communication science: Reviewing the empirical evidence --
5. Modeling science communication: from linear to more complex models --
6. The contribution of laboratory studies, science studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS) to the understanding of scientific communication --
7. The contribution of linguistics and semiotics to the understanding of science communication --
8. The contribution of terminology research to the understanding of science communication --
9. The study of student academic writing --
II. Text types, media, and practices of science communication --
10. Epistemic genres --
11. On the nature and role of visual representations in knowledge production and science communication --
12. The lecture and the presentation – rhetorics and technology --
13. Spoken language in science and the humanities --
14. Scholarly reviewing --
15. Scientific controversies --
16. Symbolic notation in scientific communication: a panorama --
17. The rise of symbolic notation in scientific communication: the case of mathematics --
18. Grant proposal writing as a dialogic process --
III. Science, scientists, and the public --
19. Communicative strategies of popularization of science (including science exhibitions, museums, magazines) --
20. Science journalism --
21. Teaching science journalism as a blueprint for future journalism education --
22. Science communication and public relations: beyond borders --
23. Science communication, advising, and advocacy in public debates --
24. Forms of science presentations in public settings --
IV. Historical perspectives on science communication --
25. Historical perspectives on internal scientific communication --
26. Academic teaching: the lecture and the disputation in the history of erudition and science --
27. Historical aspects of external science communication --
V. Science communication: present and future --
28. Reconfigurations of science communication research in the digital age --
29. The library in a changing world of scientific communication --
30. Scholarly communication in social media --
31. Current trends and future visions of (research on) science communication --
Contributors to this volume --
Index
Summary:The volume gives a multi-perspective overview of scholarly and science communication, exploring its diverse functions, modalities, interactional structures, and dynamics in a rapidly changing world. In addition, it provides a guide to current research approaches and traditions on communication in many disciplines, including the humanities, technology, social and natural sciences, and on forms of communication with a wide range of audiences.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110255522
9783110696288
9783110696271
9783110743166
9783110610765
9783110664232
9783110610130
9783110606485
ISSN:2199-6288 ;
DOI:10.1515/9783110255522
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Marcelo Dascal, Thomas Gloning, Annette Leßmöllmann.