Taking Science to the People
eBook - PDF

Taking Science to the People

A Communication Primer for Scientists and Engineers

  1. 112 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Taking Science to the People

A Communication Primer for Scientists and Engineers

About this book

The American public, government, and the news media continually grapple with myriad policy issues related to science and technology. Those issues include global warming, energy, stem-cell research, health care, childhood autism, food safety, and genetics, to name but a few. When the public is informed on such topics, chances improve for reasoned policy decisions. Journalists have typically bridged the gap between scientists and the public, but the times now call for more engagement from the experts. The authors in this collection write convincingly about why scientists and engineers should shake off their ivory-tower reticence and take science to the people.
 
Taking Science to the People calls on scientists and engineers to polish their writing and speaking skills in order to communicate more clearly about their work to the public, policy makers, and reporters who cover science. The authors represent a range of experience and authority, including distinguished scientists who write well about science, federal officials who communicate to Congress about science, and science journalists who weigh in with their own expertise. In this long-overdue volume, scientists, engineers, and journalists will find both a convincing rationale for communicating well about science and many practical methods for doing so.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. “The Difficulty of Nubbing Togethera Regurgitative Purwell and aSuperaminative Wennel Sprocket”
  7. 2. Who Is Science Writing For?
  8. 3. Taking Your Science to the Capital
  9. 4. B uilding a Better Science Communicator
  10. 5. Reflections of an Engineer/Science Writer
  11. 6. Translating Science: From Academia to Mass Media to the Public
  12. 7. Building New Media’s Science Information on thePillars of Journalism
  13. 8. Preparing Scientists to Deal with Reporters
  14. 9. Picture Power
  15. 10. Communicating Real Science through Hollywood Science
  16. Afterword: The Challenge and the Need to Talk and Write about Science