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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Contributors
Introduction: Beating the bounds of science journalism
Felicity Mellor
Part 1:
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:
4. Copy and paste: Churnalism in science journalism
Lars Guenther, Justin T. Schröder and Anna Tratter
5.
Irene Broer
6. The over-reliance on foreign science news in developing countries: Causes, consequences and solutions
An Nguyen and Minh Tran
7.
Alexandra Borissova Saleh
Part 3:
8. Partial to being impartial? Debates about balance in science journalism
Felicity Mellor
9. Making science trend: the style of popular science magazines
10. Ethical compromise in narrative science journalism: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Lauren Kilian
Conclusion: A conversation with the future
Felicity Mellor
Index
