Barbara Davies wrote:
"Lord Jenkin, who chaired the House of Lords inquiry, reported strong
resistance in scientific circles to his committee's recommendation that
the term "public understanding of science" be abandoned in favour of the
more open "science and society"."
Where is this resistance coming from?
I think the answer to Barbara's Third question, from Jenkin's remarks at the
meeting to launch Ian Hargreave's report, is from COPUS - who apparantly do
not wish to be renamed the Committee on Science and Society. Probably has
too many associations with the radical science sentiments of the 1960s and
70s for those with long memories.
Hargreave's full report, incidentally, is worth reading, though as a
literature review on science and mass media it ignores rather more of the
literature than I'd want my students to get away with.
Another interesting question is why ESRC chose to launch the report, whose
new research content is small, so lavishly?
Jon Turney
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