Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication

The proposal to vaccinate adolescent girls against the human papilloma virus ignited political controversy, as did the advent of fracking and a host of other emerging technologies. These disputes attest to the persistent gap between expert and public perceptions. Complicating the communication of sound science and the debates that surround the societal applications of that science is a changing media environment in which misinformation can elicit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190497629
• ISBN13: 9780190497620
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.2" x 10.1"