How are recent policy changes affecting how scientists engage with publics? How are digital techn... more How are recent policy changes affecting how scientists engage with publics? How are digital technologies influencing how scientists disseminate their work and knowledge? How are emerging media platforms changing the way publics interact with scientific information? Investigating Science Communication in the Information Age is a collection of newly-commissioned chapters by leading science communication scholars. It addresses current theoretical, practical and policy developments in science communication, including recent calls for greater openness and transparency; and engagement and dialogue on the part of professional scientists with members of the public. It provides a timely and wide-ranging review of contemporary issues in science communication, focusing on two broad themes. The first theme critically reviews the recent 'dialogic turn' and ascendant branding of 'public engagement with science'. It addresses contemporary theoretical and conceptual issues facing sc...
The potential of technological developments in the form of handheld mobile devices, such as perso... more The potential of technological developments in the form of handheld mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) to augment and improve the experience of science for the learner has been well documented (see, eg Scanlon et al., 2005), as has their use to ...
This paper reports on work in progress on a project investigating the use of personal digital ass... more This paper reports on work in progress on a project investigating the use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) to help students make use of knowledge gained during the study of a Masters course in science education in their professional practice. We report on a ...
How are recent policy changes affecting how scientists engage with publics? How are digital techn... more How are recent policy changes affecting how scientists engage with publics? How are digital technologies influencing how scientists disseminate their work and knowledge? How are emerging media platforms changing the way publics interact with scientific information? Investigating Science Communication in the Information Age is a collection of newly-commissioned chapters by leading science communication scholars. It addresses current theoretical, practical and policy developments in science communication, including recent calls for greater openness and transparency; and engagement and dialogue on the part of professional scientists with members of the public. It provides a timely and wide-ranging review of contemporary issues in science communication, focusing on two broad themes. The first theme critically reviews the recent 'dialogic turn' and ascendant branding of 'public engagement with science'. It addresses contemporary theoretical and conceptual issues facing sc...
The potential of technological developments in the form of handheld mobile devices, such as perso... more The potential of technological developments in the form of handheld mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) to augment and improve the experience of science for the learner has been well documented (see, eg Scanlon et al., 2005), as has their use to ...
This paper reports on work in progress on a project investigating the use of personal digital ass... more This paper reports on work in progress on a project investigating the use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) to help students make use of knowledge gained during the study of a Masters course in science education in their professional practice. We report on a ...
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