The Sciences’ Media Connection –Public Communication and its Repercussions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rödder, Simone (Editor), Franzen, Martina (Editor), Weingart, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, 28
• Subjects: Social sciences.; History.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; History of Science.

The Yearbook addresses the overriding question: what are the effects of the ‘opening up’ of science to the media? Includes theoretical considerations and a host of empirical studies covering different configurations providing an in-depth analysis of the sciences’ media connection and its repercussio...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Medialization of Science – Theoretical Considerations
• Media Coverage of Science
• Scientists’ Attitudes to Media Visibility
• Organizational Responses to Media Expectations
• Media Impact on Scholarly Communication
• Conclusions
• Biographical Notes.