An Ethics of Science Communication

• Main Authors: Medvecky, Fabien (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Leach, Joan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Communication.; Technology-Sociological aspects.; Research-Moral and ethical aspects.; Media and Communication.; Science and Technology Studies.; Research Ethics.

This book presents the first comprehensive set of principles for an ethics of science communication. We all want to communicate science ethically, but how do we do so? What does being ethical when communicating science even mean? The authors argue that ethical reasoning is essential training for sci...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: what's so good about science communication?
• Chapter 2: Ethics, values and science
• Chapter 3: The Multiple Ethics of Science
• Chapter 4: (Science) Communication as ethics
• Chapter 5: Kairos
• Chapter 6: Knowing and ignoring: the utility of information
• Chapter 7: Storytelling and selling science
• Chapter 8: Show me the money
• Chapter 9: What are the guiding ethical principles of science communication?
• Chapter 10: Ethical science communication in practice
• Chapter 11: is science communication ethical? a question of justice
• Chapter 12: Conclusion.