The Sciences’ Media Connection –Public Communication and its Repercussions [electronic resource] / edited by Simone Rödder, Martina Franzen, Peter Weingart.
By: Rödder, Simone [editor.].
Contributor(s): Franzen, Martina [editor.] | Weingart, Peter [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook: 28Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012Description: XII, 379p. 7 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400720855.Subject(s): Social sciences | Science -- History | Social Sciences | Sociology, general | History of ScienceDDC classification: 301 Online resources: Click here to access online Introduction -- Medialization of Science – Theoretical Considerations -- Media Coverage of Science -- Scientists’ Attitudes to Media Visibility -- Organizational Responses to Media Expectations -- Media Impact on Scholarly Communication -- Conclusions -- Biographical Notes.
The Yearbook addresses the overriding question: what are the effects of the ‘opening up’ of science to the media? Includes theoretical considerations and a host of empirical studies covering different configurations providing an in-depth analysis of the sciences’ media connection and its repercussions on science itself. They help to form a sound judgement on this recent development.
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