Communicating popular science: from deficit to democracy
"Technoscientific developments often have far-reaching consequences, both negative and positive, for the public. Yet, because science has the authority to decide which judgments about scientific issues are sound, public concerns are often dismissed because they are not part of the technoscienti...
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| Summary: | "Technoscientific developments often have far-reaching consequences, both negative and positive, for the public. Yet, because science has the authority to decide which judgments about scientific issues are sound, public concerns are often dismissed because they are not part of the technoscientific paradigm they question. This book addresses the role of science popularization in that paradox; it explains how science writing works and argues that it can do better at promoting public discussions about science-related issues. To support these arguments, it situates science popularization in its historical and cultural context; provides a conceptual framework for analyzing popular science texts; and examines the rhetorical effects of common strategies used in popular science writing. Twenty-six years after Dorothy Nelkin's groundbreaking book, Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology, popular science writing is still not meeting its potential as a public interest genre; Communicating Popular Science explores how it can move closer to doing so"-- |
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Titel: Communicating popular science
Autor: Perrault, Sarah
Jahr: 2013
Contents
List of Figures ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xix
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms xxi
Part I Foundations
1 Populär Science Writing: Problems and Potential 3
Social Contracts 6
Why Populär Science Writing Matters 7
How Rhetoric of Science Can Help Improve Populär
Science Writing 9
Models of Science Popularization 11
2 Theoretical and Analytical Framework 18
Philosophical Foundation: Traditional-Idealism Versus
Realist-Skepticism 18
Realist-Skepticism and Science Communication 24
Theoretical Lens: Rhetorical Genre Theory 26
Analytical Framework: The Rhetorical Situation 27
Corpus Selection 31
Conclusion 36
3 A Brief History of Science Popularization 37
Early Science: 1600s 37
Enlightenment Science: 1700s and Early 1800s 39
Professionalizing Science: Mid- and Late-1800s 40
Big Science, Scientism, and the Traditional
Social Contract 42
Post-Academic Science and the Need for a
New Social Contract 44
Conclusion 46
4 Practitioner Perspectives on their Craft 48
Practitioner Roles 49
Role #1: Boosters 50
Role #2: Translators 56
vi Contents
Role #3: Critics 58
Conclusion 60
Part II Applications
5 Boundary Work: Presenting Science in Context 65
Boundary Work and the PAST-CUSP Continuum 66
Boundary Work Described in Practitioner Texts 68
Boundary Work in Populär Science Texts 72
Boundary Work in Kolbert's 'The Sixth Extinction?' 77
Conclusion: Boundary Work and a New Social Contract 80
6 Expertise: Broadening the Scope of Participation 82
Expertise and the PAST-CUSP Continuum 82
Expertise Described in Practitioner Texts 84
Expertise in Populär Science Texts 87
Expertise in Corson's 'Stalking the American Lobster' 91
Conclusion: Expertise and a New Social Contract 93
7 Ethos: Establishing Relationships with Readers 96
Ethos and the PAST-CUSP Continuum 96
Ethos in Populär Science Texts 102
Ethos in Hirsh's 'Signs of Life' 108
Conclusion: Ethos and a New Social Contract 111
8 Rhetorical Orientations: Inviting Reader Engagement 113
Rhetorical Orientations and the PAST-CUSP
Continuum 113
Rhetorical Orientations Described in Practitioner Texts 120
Forensic Orientations in Populär Science Texts 123
Epideictic Orientations in Populär Science Texts 128
Deliberative Orientations in Populär Science Texts 132
Rhetorical Orientations in Nijhuis' 'Taking Wilderness
in Hand' 135
Conclusion: Rhetorical Orientations and a
New Social Contract 138
9 Technocracy and Democracy: Talking about Risk 140
Risk and the PAST-CUSP Continuum 140
How Practitioners Talk About Risk 147
Risk in Populär Science Texts 151
Risk in Trivedi's 'The Wipeout Gene' 155
Conclusion 158
Contents vii
Part III Final Words
10 Conclusion: Toward a New Social Contract 163
The Need for CUSP and the Role of Populär
Science Writing 163
Engaging Larger Conversations 168
Escape From the Science-Society Dualism 169
Notes 171
References 179
Index 193 |
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