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The abstract sounds fantastic. I was wondering if anyone has read the book? Any thoughts? Before I mass email it to interested friends :) Best, ED 4th year PhD student Edinburgh Café Scientifique assistant organiser and science writer EUSci podcaster, science writer and editor. (http://www.eusci.org/) Room W3.13 University of Edinburgh Queen's Medical Research Institute Centre for Cardiovascular Science 47 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4TJ [log in to unmask] 2009/11/2 Emma Weitkamp <[log in to unmask]> > List users may be interested in a new book: > > Brake, M; Weitkamp, E (ed), 2009, Introducing Science Communication, > Palgrave: Basingstoke > > From the jacket > > From discussions of climate change to the latest arguments around stem cell > research, science has an impact on everyday life, yet its intricacies are > often > hard for the general public to grasp. The need to communicate these > scientific > ideas to wide variety different public groups raises challenges for > scientists > and science communicators alike. What creative approaches can > communicators use to encourage more participatation in scientific debates? > > > This long-overdue book explores how to communicate complex and sometimes > controversial scientific issues . Investigating the practices behind a > range of > traditional media and more interactive approaches, the book looks at how > professional communicators interact with and present science communication > in all its guises. It explores the historical background of science > communication > and examines how science continues to be referred to and used throughout > popular culture, the media, and museums. Practical chapters explain key > methods and gives tips on overcoming practical communication issues and > problems, whilst introducing the reader to a theoretical understanding of > science communication. > > > > Apologies for cross posting. > > > > ********************************************************************** > 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, > send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following > message: > > set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] > > 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] the message: > > set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] > > 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > message: > > leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] > > 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list > archive, can be found at the list web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html > > 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and > science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk > > 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto: > [log in to unmask] > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] **********************************************************************