1st Edition
Communicating Science New Agendas in Communication
Preface: S. Dunwoody
Introduction: L. Kahlor & P. Stout.
Part I: Merging Theory and Practice: Models and Frameworks
1. A Critical Appraisal of Models of Public Understanding of Science: Using Practice to Inform Theory - D. Brossard & B. Lewenstein
2. Integrating Temporally Oriented Social Science Models with Community-Based Social Marketing to Influence Environmental Behaviors - B. Shaw
3. Framing Science: A New Paradigm in Public Engagement - M. Nisbet
Part II: Characterization and Meaning-Making in Science
4. Moral Development Framing in Environmental Justice News Coverage - K. A. Swain
5. Expanding Our Notions of Scientific Argument: A Case Study of Native Americans in Public Hearings - D. Endres
6. Competing Characters in Science-Based Controversy: The Case of Dr. Bernard Fisher - L. Keränen
7. Exemplary Objects: Articulation and the organization of scientific materiality, sociality and rhetoric - J. Lynch
Part III: Affect: Trust and Hostility
8. Understanding Public Response to Technology Advocacy Campaigns: A Persuasion Knowledge Approach - J. Sinclair & B. Miller
9. Focusing on Fairness in Science and Risk Communication - J. Besley and K. McComas
10. Hostile Media Perception in Science Communication - K.S. Kim and D.R. Roskos-Ewoldson
Part IV: Into the Future
11. Bridging the Paradigm Gap: An Interdisciplinary Approach Science Communication Class - A. Pearce, A. Romero and J. B. Zibluk
12. Closing Chapter… - P. Stout & L. Kahlor
Biography
LeeAnn Kahlor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches courses in public relations and science and health communication. She is affiliated with UT’s Center for Women’s and Gender Studies and the university’s Environmental Sciences Institute. Her work has appeared in Science Communication, Public Understanding of Science, Health Communication, Risk Analysis, Communication Research, Human Communication Research, Media Psychology and the Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media.
Patricia A. Stout (Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) is Professor and John P. McGovern Regents Professor in Health and Medical Science Communication in the Department of Advertising at the University of Texas at Austin. She teaches courses in persuasive communication and health communication. Stout is former co-director of the Center for Health Promotion Research (CHPR) in the School of Nursing at UT Austin.
