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Author:   Felicity Mellor
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781032350622

ISBN 10:   1032350628
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   14 March 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of Contributors Introduction: Beating the bounds of science journalism Felicity Mellor Part 1: Establishing a Beat 1. “Making democracy safe”: The development of US science journalism in the 1920s Susan E. Swanberg and Felicity Mellor 2. The expanding role of science journalism: BBC radio in post-war Britain Jared Robert Keller 3. Constructing identity, protecting independence: Science journalists’ associations Jane Gregory Part 2: Journalist-Source Relations 4. Copy and paste: Churnalism in science journalism Lars Guenther, Justin T. Schröder and Anna Tratter 5. Science Media Centres: Walking a line between science, PR and journalism Irene Broer 6. The over-reliance on foreign science news in developing countries: Causes, consequences and solutions An Nguyen and Minh Tran 7. “The death of experts”: Sourcing science journalism in a state-controlled media environment Alexandra Borissova Saleh Part 3: The Journalistic Voice 8. Partial to being impartial? Debates about balance in science journalism Felicity Mellor 9. Making science trend: the style of popular science magazines Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska 10. Ethical compromise in narrative science journalism: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Lauren Kilian Conclusion: A conversation with the future Felicity Mellor Index

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Felicity Mellor is Director of Science Communication Unit at Imperial College London, UK, where she oversees the Unit’s long-running masters programmes in science communication. Her research focuses on science journalism and the ideological dimensions of media discourse about science. Her publications include two co-edited books: The Silences of Science and Science and its Publics.

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