A01=Massimiano Bucchi
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Actual HIV Positivity
Author_Massimiano Bucchi
Backstage Exposure
Big Bang Model
boundary
Boundary Negotiation
Boundary Objects
Brigham Young University
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Canonical Account
Carlo Rubbia
Category=JBCT
Category=PDA
Category=QD
COBE Result
Cognitive Trajectory
cold
Cold Fusion
Cold Fusion Case
Common Language
communication
Constitutive Metaphors
continuity
crisis-driven scientific outreach
EPR Paradox
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fusion
La Repubblica
Label DNA
Le Temps
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media influence research
metaphor use in research
Metaphorical Redescription
Miniature Solar System
model
Nuclear Fusion
public
Public Level
public understanding of science
science communication theory
scientific controversies analysis
sociology of science
Top Secret
Tv Camera
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9780415510516
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Mar 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 "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.
Massimiano Bucchi is Professor of Science and Technology in Society at the University of Trento, Italy.
