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Jenny, have a look at journals science communication (ruthledge) use google schoolar should lead to further sources, 

Best wishes, 

Dino

Jennifer Van Bekkum <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:

>Hello,
>
>I am hoping you might be able to help. I am looking for published 
>research that has been carried out with 'lay publics' which presents 
>their perspectives/opinions about public engagement with science 
>(preferably health science). I have tried searching terms generally but 
>have found very little empirical research so far from the perspective of 
>the public. I was thinking that evaluation data from specific public 
>engagement activities/initiatives may provide a rich source of public 
>opinion but I am still having little luck in finding such research. The 
>kind of initial broad questions I'm looking to find answers for are:
>
>·What does public engagement mean to lay publics?
>
>·How do they define/discuss it?
>
>·What activities do they describe/think of as public engagement?
>
>·If involved in a public engagement with science activity, what are 
>their opinions about it?
>
>I was wondering if anyone might be able to point me in the right 
>direction of any published or unpublished information that may help to 
>answer some of these questions please? I appreciate that public 
>engagement with science is a very broad area, but at this early stage of 
>my work I am looking very broadly to try and build a picture of what 
>exists so if anything at all comes to mind I'd really appreciate it if 
>you could drop me a very quick email.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Jenny
>
>-- 
>Dr Jenny van Bekkum
>Career Development Fellow
>MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
>4 Lilybank Gardens
>Glasgow
>G12 8RZ
>
>0141 357 3949 (switchboard)
>
>
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