Insights on Science Journalism -

Insights on Science Journalism

Felicity Mellor (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
202 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-35062-2 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, this collection critically examines the features characterising science journalism, paying special attention to the points of tension that science journalists navigate in their work today.
Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, this collection critically examines science journalism, paying special attention to the points of tension that science journalists navigate in their work today.

Faced with the twin crises of climate change and a global pandemic, science journalism has never before been so prominent. This book showcases perspectives that transcend the particulars of the specific news events and outlets studied, in order to provide an overview of the key areas of scholarly interest regarding the nature of science journalism. The volume is organised into three sections: the first provides historical case studies illustrating the demarcation of science journalism from science as science journalism emerged as a recognisable news beat in the twentieth century; the second examines the relationship between science journalists and their sources, particularly scientists, and the mediation of this relationship through organisations, foreign journalism and political constraints; and the final section considers the style and voice of science journalism content. Case studies and original empirical research are compiled from across the globe, including the UK, US, Germany, Vietnam, and Russia, and are synthesised to offer a readable and engaging insight into the beat.

Insights on Science Journalism is recommended reading for advanced students and researchers of science journalism and communication and will also appeal to those working in the fields of science and technology studies and risk communication.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Journalism Insights
Zusatzinfo 2 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 550 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Journalistik
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-032-35062-8 / 1032350628
ISBN-13 978-1-032-35062-2 / 9781032350622
Zustand Neuware
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