Science Communication In South Africa

Author : Bankole Falade,Marina Joubert,Peter Weingart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Information theory
ISBN : 1928502059

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Science Communication in South Africa by Bankole Falade,Marina Joubert,Peter Weingart Pdf

Why do we need to communicate science? Is science, with its highly specialised language and its arcane methods, too distant to be understood by the public? Is it really possible for citizens to participate meaningfully in scientific research projects and debate? Should scientists be mandated to engage with the public to facilitate better understanding of science? How can they best communicate their special knowledge to be intelligible? These and a plethora of related questions are being raised by researchers and politicians alike as they have become convinced that science and society need to draw nearer to one another. Once the persuasion took hold that science should open up to the public and these questions were raised, it became clear that coming up with satisfactory answers would be a complex challenge. The inaccessibility of scientific language and methods, due to ever increasing specialisation, is at the base of its very success. Thus, translating specialised knowledge to become understandable, interesting and relevant to various publics creates particular perils. This is exacerbated by the ongoing disruption of the public discourse through the digitisation of communication platforms. For example, the availability of medical knowledge on the internet and the immense opportunities to inform oneself about health risks via social media are undermined by the manipulable nature of this technology that does not allow its users to distinguish between credible content and misinformation. In countries around the world, scientists, policy-makers and the public have high hopes for science communication: that it may elevate its populations educationally, that it may raise the level of sound decision-making for people in their daily lives, and that it may contribute to innovation and economic well-being. This collection of current reflections gives an insight into the issues that have to be addressed by research to reach these noble goals, for South Africa and by South Africans in particular.

Author : Weingart, Peter,Joubert, Marina,Facade, Bankole
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781928502036

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Science Communication in South Africa by Weingart, Peter,Joubert, Marina,Facade, Bankole Pdf

Why do we need to communicate science? Is science, with its highly specialised language and its arcane methods, too distant to be understood by the public? Is it really possible for citizens to participate meaningfully in scientific research projects and debate? Should scientists be mandated to engage with the public to facilitate better understanding of science? How can they best communicate their special knowledge to be intelligible? These and a plethora of related questions are being raised by researchers and politicians alike as they have become convinced that science and society need to draw nearer to one another. Once the persuasion took hold that science should open up to the public and these questions were raised, it became clear that coming up with satisfactory answers would be a complex challenge. The inaccessibility of scientific language and methods, due to ever increasing specialisation, is at the base of its very success. Thus, translating specialised knowledge to become understandable, interesting and relevant to various publics creates particular perils. This is exacerbated by the ongoing disruption of the public discourse through the digitisation of communication platforms. For example, the availability of medical knowledge on the internet and the immense opportunities to inform oneself about health risks via social media are undermined by the manipulable nature of this technology that does not allow its users to distinguish between credible content and misinformation. In countries around the world, scientists, policy-makers and the public have high hopes for science communication: that it may elevate its populations educationally, that it may raise the level of sound decision-making for people in their daily lives, and that it may contribute to innovation and economic well-being. This collection of current reflections gives an insight into the issues that have to be addressed by research to reach these noble goals, for South Africa and by South Africans in particular.

Author : Peter Weingart,Marina Joubert
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781928502043

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Science Communication in South Africa by Peter Weingart,Marina Joubert Pdf

Why do we need to communicate science? Is science, with its highly specialised language and its arcane methods, too distant to be understood by the public? Is it really possible for citizens to participate meaningfully in scientific research projects and debate? Should scientists be mandated to engage with the public to facilitate better understanding of science? How can they best communicate their special knowledge to be intelligible? These and a plethora of related questions are being raised by researchers and politicians alike as they have become convinced that science and society need to draw nearer to one another. Once the persuasion took hold that science should open up to the public and these questions were raised, it became clear that coming up with satisfactory answers would be a complex challenge. The inaccessibility of scientific language and methods, due to ever increasing specialisation, is at the base of its very success. Thus, translating specialised knowledge to become understandable, interesting and relevant to various publics creates particular perils. This is exacerbated by the ongoing disruption of the public discourse through the digitisation of communication platforms. For example, the availability of medical knowledge on the internet and the immense opportunities to inform oneself about health risks via social media are undermined by the manipulable nature of this technology that does not allow its users to distinguish between credible content and misinformation. In countries around the world, scientists, policy-makers and the public have high hopes for science communication: that it may elevate its populations educationally, that it may raise the level of sound decision-making for people in their daily lives, and that it may contribute to innovation and economic well-being. This collection of current reflections gives an insight into the issues that have to be addressed by research to reach these noble goals, for South Africa and by South Africans in particular.

Author : Bernard Schiele,Michel Claessens,Shunke Shi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400742796

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Science Communication in the World by Bernard Schiele,Michel Claessens,Shunke Shi Pdf

This volume is aimed at all those who wonder about the mechanisms and effects of the disclosure of knowledge. Whether they have a professional interest in understanding these processes generally, or they wish to conduct targeted investigations in the PCST field, it will be useful to anyone involved in science communication, including researchers, academics, students, journalists, science museum staff, scientists high public profiles, and information officers in scientific institutions.

Author : Toss Gascoigne,Bernard Schiele,Joan Leach,Michelle Riedlinger,Luisa Massarani,Bruce V. Lewenstein,Peter Broks
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781760463663

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Communicating Science by Toss Gascoigne,Bernard Schiele,Joan Leach,Michelle Riedlinger,Luisa Massarani,Bruce V. Lewenstein,Peter Broks Pdf

Modern science communication has emerged in the twentieth century as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession—and it is a practice with deep historical roots. We have seen the birth of interactive science centres, the first university actions in teaching and conducting research, and a sharp growth in employment of science communicators. This collection charts the emergence of modern science communication across the world. This is the first volume to map investment around the globe in science centres, university courses and research, publications and conferences as well as tell the national stories of science communication. How did it all begin? How has development varied from one country to another? What motivated governments, institutions and people to see science communication as an answer to questions of the social place of science? Communicating Science describes the pathways followed by 39 different countries. All continents and many cultures are represented. For some countries, this is the first time that their science communication story has been told.

Author : Elizabeth Rasekoala
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781529226799

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Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication by Elizabeth Rasekoala Pdf

This radical volume disrupts circular debates around diversity, equity, and inclusion in science communication to address the gaps in the field. Bringing to the fore marginalised voices of so-called 'racialised minorities', and those from Global South regions, it interrogates the global footprint of the science communication enterprise.

Author : Frans Van Dam,Liesbeth De Bakker,Anne M Dijkstra,Eric Allen Jensen
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811209895

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Science Communication: An Introduction by Frans Van Dam,Liesbeth De Bakker,Anne M Dijkstra,Eric Allen Jensen Pdf

'The book provides a concise, informative, comprehensive, and current overview of key issues in the field of science communication, the background of science communication, its theoretical bases, and its links to science communication practice. Especially the link between theory / research and practice is very well developed in the book and in the individual chapters. I think that is valuable for both readers new to the field of science communication, but also for those who identify with only one of these sides … it is indeed a comprehensive and concise overview, convincing in its aim to link theory, research, and practice and I will definitely use it for my lectures on science communication.'JCOM - Journal of Science CommunicationA concise, coherent and easily readable textbook about the field of science communication, connecting the practice of science communicators with theory. In the book, recent trends and shifts in the field resonate, such as the transition from telling about science to interacting with the public and the importance of science communication in health and environmental communication. The chapters have been written by experts in their disciplines, coming from philosophy of science and communication studies to health communication and science journalism. Cases from around the world illustrate science communication in practice. The book provides a broad, up-to-date and coherent introduction to science communication for both, students of science communication and related fields, as well as professionals.Related Link(s)

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on International Scientific Organizations,U.S. National Committee for CODATA
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309182140

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Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on International Scientific Organizations,U.S. National Committee for CODATA Pdf

This symposium, which was held on March 10-11, 2003, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, brought together policy experts and managers from the government and academic sectors in both developed and developing countries to (1) describe the role, value, and limits that the public domain and open access to digital data and information have in the context of international research; (2) identify and analyze the various legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in digital data and information, and their potential effects on international research; and (3) review the existing and proposed approaches for preserving and promoting the public domain and open access to scientific and technical data and information on a global basis, with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.

Author : Leo Tan Wee Hin,R. Subramaniam
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401790970

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Communicating Science to the Public by Leo Tan Wee Hin,R. Subramaniam Pdf

This book explores effective approaches for communicating science to the public in developing countries. Offering multiple perspectives on this important topic, it features 17 chapters that represent the efforts of 23 authors from eight countries: Australia, Bangladesh, India, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, Singapore and South Africa. Inside, readers will find a diversity of approaches to communicate science to the public. The book also highlights some of the challenges that science communicators, science policy makers, science teachers, university academics in the sciences and even entrepreneurs may face in their attempts to boost science literacy levels in their countries. In addition, it shares several best practices from the developed world that may help readers create communication initiatives that can lead to increased engagement with science in communities in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. Given the pervasive influence of science and technology in today’s society, their impact will only increase in the years to come as the world becomes more globalized and the economies of countries become more inter-linked. This book will be a useful source of reference for developing countries looking to tap into the potential of science for nation building and effectively engage their communities to better understand science and technology. Supported by the Pacific Science Association, Hawaii.

Author : Bernard Schiele,Xuan Liu,Martin W. Bauer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811653797

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Science Cultures in a Diverse World: Knowing, Sharing, Caring by Bernard Schiele,Xuan Liu,Martin W. Bauer Pdf

Science and technology culture is now more than ever at the very heart of the social project, and all countries, to varying degrees, participate in it: raising scientific literacy, improving the image of the sciences, involving the public in debates and encouraging the young to pursue careers in the sciences. Thus, the very destiny of any society is now entwined with its ability to develop a genuine science and technology culture, accessible for participation not only to the few who, by virtue of their training or trade, work in the science and technology fields, but to all, thereby creating occasions for society to debate and to foster a positive dialogue about the directions of change and future choices. This book organized on the theme of ‘knowing, sharing, caring: new insights for a diverse world’, which was derived from the observation that globalization rests upon diversity—diversity of contexts, publics, research, strategies and new innovating practices—and aims to stimulate exchanges, discussions and debates, to initiate a reflection conducive to decentring and to be an opportunity for enrichment by providing the reader with means to achieve the potentialities of that diversity through a comparison of the visions that underpin the attitudes of social actors, the challenges they perceive and the potential solutions they consider. Thus, this book aims first and foremost to raise questions in such a manner that readers so stimulated will feel compelled to contribute and will do so. In this spirit, however significant, the results presented and shared are less important than the questions they seek to answer: How are we to rethink the diffusion, the propagation and the sharing of scientific thought and knowledge in an ever more complex and diverse world? What to know? What to share? How do we do it when science is broken down across the whole spectrum of the world’s diversity? The book is recommended for those who are interested in science communication and science cultures in the new media era, in contemporary social dynamics, and in the evolution of the role of the state and of institutions. It is also an excellent reference for researchers engaging in science communication, public understanding of science, cultural studies, science and technology museum, science–society relationship and other fields of humanities and social sciences.

Author : Scott McWilliams,Marcia Allison,Marina Joubert,Ingrid Lofgren,Brianne Suldovsky
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889768110

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Helping Scientists to Communicate Well for All Considered: Strategic Science Communication in an Age of Environmental and Health Crises by Scott McWilliams,Marcia Allison,Marina Joubert,Ingrid Lofgren,Brianne Suldovsky Pdf

Author : Luis Reyes-Galindo,Tiago Ribeiro Duarte
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319583655

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Intercultural Communication and Science and Technology Studies by Luis Reyes-Galindo,Tiago Ribeiro Duarte Pdf

This timely and engaging book addresses communicative issues that arise when science and technology travel across socio-cultural boundaries. The authors discuss interactions between different scientific communities; scientists and policy-makers; science and the public; scientists and artists; and other situations where science clashes with other socio-cultural domains. The volume includes theoretical proposals of how to deal with intercultural communication related to science and technology, as well as rich case studies that illustrate the challenges and strategies deployed in these situations. Individual studies explore Europe, Latin America, and Africa, thus including diverse Global North and South contexts.

Author : Henry Trotter,Catherine Kell
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781620677551

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Seeking Impact and Visibility by Henry Trotter,Catherine Kell Pdf

African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly production. Many African universities also do not take a strategic approach to scholarly communication to broaden the reach of their scholars work. To address this challenge, the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was established to help raise the visibility of African scholarship by mapping current research and communication practices in Southern African universities and by recommending and piloting technical and administrative innovations based on open access dissemination principles. To do this, SCAP conducted extensive research in four faculties at the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius and Namibia.

Author : Martin W. Bauer,Massimiano Bucchi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134187287

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Journalism, Science and Society by Martin W. Bauer,Massimiano Bucchi Pdf

Analyzing the role of journalists in science communication, this book presents a perspective on how this is going to evolve in the twenty-first century. The book takes three distinct perspectives on this interesting subject. Firstly, science journalists reflect on their ‘operating rules’ (science news values and news making routines). Secondly, a brief history of science journalism puts things into context, characterising the changing output of science writing in newspapers over time. Finally, the book invites several international journalists or communication scholars to comment on these observations thereby opening the global perspective. This unique project will interest a range of readers including science communication students, media studies scholars, professionals working in science communication and journalists.

Author : S.M. Stocklmayer,M.M. Gore,C.R. Bryant
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401006200

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Science Communication in Theory and Practice by S.M. Stocklmayer,M.M. Gore,C.R. Bryant Pdf

This book provides an overview of the theory and practice of science communication. It deals with modes of informal communication such as science centres, television programs, and journalism and the research that informs practitioners about the effectiveness of their programs. It aims to meet the needs of those studying science communication and will form a readily accessible source of expertise for communicators.