Essential Concepts of Science Communication

An A-Z Guide

Declan Fahy, Todd P. Newman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-78539-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This A-Z guide provides readers with a comprehensive overview of fifty core concepts in the global field of science communication. It explains the origins and research foundations of each essential concept, analyses how they have been applied in different contexts and demonstrates their use as guides to action.

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This A-Z guide provides readers with a comprehensive overview of fifty core concepts in the global field of science communication. It explains the origins and research foundations of each essential concept, analyses how they have been applied in different scholarly and professional contexts and demonstrates their use as guides to action.

When governments proclaim they want to improve scientific literacy and enhance public trust in science, when universities promise to promote public engagement with research and when funders require scientists to demonstrate the impact of their research on society, they are all using core concepts from the field of science communication. Essential Concepts of Science Communication defines and explains these key concepts and terms in an accessible and easy-to-navigate overview. It illustrates how these concepts relate to each other and connect more broadly to other ideas and disciplines, as well as including extensive references recommendations for further reading. The entries are written by a range of experts from around the world, ranging from eminent scholars who were instrumental in the foundation and development of the field, to early-career researchers advancing knowledge in the discipline, along with scholar-practitioners who bridge the divide between the university and the world of practice.

Edited by two scholars who also have substantial experience of practical science communication, this book will be an invaluable resource for students studying degrees and modules on the subject, practitioners entering professional practice, and new entrants to the field - including scientists, who seek a grounding in the conceptual basis of science communication.

Autor

Declan Fahy is an Associate Professor at the School of Communications, Dublin City University, Ireland. He is the author of The New Celebrity Scientists: Out of the Lab and Into the Limelight (2015). He is Book Review Editor at Public Understanding of Science. Todd P. Newman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. He is co-author of Science Communication for Scientists: Linking Strategy with Creativity, Practice, and Respect (Routledge, 2025) and editor of Theory and Best Practices in Science Communication Training (Routledge, 2020).

Inhalt

List of contributors

Introduction: Concepts in Science Communication

Declan Fahy and Todd P. Newman

1. Activism

Birte Fähnrich and Michelle Riedlinger

2. Anticipatory governance

Jack Stilgoe

3. Audience

Julia Metag

4. Basic science communication

Keegan Wesley, Lauren Budenholzer, Rick Borchelt, and Brooke Smith

5. Brand of science

Todd P. Newman

6. Citizen science

Alan Irwin

7. Co-creation

Anne M. Dijkstra

8. Cultural authority of science

Martin W. Bauer

9. Cultural representations of science

Declan Fahy

10. Decolonising Science Communication

Siddarth Kankaria

11. Deficit model and deficit model thinking

Dietram Scheufele

12. Dialogue and deliberation

Melanie Smallman

13. Dissemination

Declan Fahy

14. Empathy

Stephen Hughes

15. Ethical science communication

Fabien Medvecky

16. EvaluationAyelet Baram-Tsabari

17. Expertise

Declan Fahy

18. Gender

Nic Bennett

19. Humor

Sara K. Yeo

20. Inclusive science communicationAndrea Isabel López and Mónica I. Feliú Mójer

21. Indigenous knowledge systems and non-western science

Amanda D. Boyd and Cole Allick

22. Informal science learning

Mairéad Hurley and Joseph Roche

23. Journalism about science

Alice Fleerackers

24. Keji and science communication

Guoyan Wang

25. Lay expertise

Steven Epstein

26. Medialisation of scienceSimone Rödder

27. Misinformation and disinformation about science

Niels G. Mede

28. Models of science communicationBrian Trench

29. NarrativesTodd P. Newman

30. News media coverage of science
Mike S. Schäfer

31. PopularisationFelicity Mellor

32. Public and publics

Declan Fahy

33. Public engagement

Rick Holliman

34. Public opinion and media effectsTodd P. Newman

35. Public understanding of science

Bruce V. Lewenstein

36. Public trust in science

Lars Guenther

37. Responsible research and innovation (RRI)

Pádraig Murphy

38. Risk

Ashley Cate and Dominique Brossard

39. Science artJulianne Renner and Nan Li

40. Science controversies

Declan Fahy

41. Science policy communication
K. L. Akerlof

42. Scientific cultureJane Gregory

43. Scientific literacyDeclan Fahy

44. Social media and science communicationReyhaneh Maktoufi

45. Strategic science communication

John C. Besley and Anthony Dudo

46. Technocracy tolerance Martin W. Bauer

47. TrainingTodd P. Newman

48. UncertaintyBecca Beets

49. Underserved audiences

Emily Dawson, Kylo Thomas, and Ben Weil

50. Visible scientistsMarina Joubert

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.7.2026
• Reihe/Serie: A-Z Guides for Environment and Sustainability
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 453 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-032-78539-X / 103278539X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-032-78539-4 / 9781032785394
• Zustand: Neuware