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The Culture of Science
How the Public Relates to Science Across the Globe
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
This book offers the first comparative account of the changes and stabilities of public perceptions of science within the US, France, China, Japan, and across Europe over the past few decades. The contributors address the influence of cultural factors; the question of science and religion and its...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Atoms, Bytes and Genes
Public Resistance and Socio-Technical Responses
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
This book demonstrates the varied contributions of public resistance to technological developments. Bauer compares public resistance to three strategic technologies over the last fifty years (nuclear power, information technology, and genetic engineering), and shows how resistance contributes to...
Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Journalism, Science and Society
Science Communication between News and Public Relations
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
Analyzing the role of journalists in science communication, this book presents a perspective on how this is going to evolve in the twenty-first century. The book takes three distinct perspectives on this interesting subject. Firstly, science journalists reflect on their ‘operating rules’ (...
Published March 17th 2010 by Routledge
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Genomics and Society
Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions
Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series
From the mid 1990s to the present day, agricultural biotechnology - GM crops and foods - has been the focus of debate and conflict in many European countries. Contrasting views of risks and benefits, trust in science and regulation, the understanding of science, media coverage and mobilization of...
Published October 3rd 2007 by Routledge