Communicating Science and Technology in Society: Issues of Public Accountability and Engagement

By Ana Delicado

Book Overview

Introduction: How the Sociology of Science and Technology Addresses Science and Society Relations (Ana Delicado).- Part I: Scientists' Research Practices and Responses to Societal Demands.- Norms, Competition, and Visibility in Contemporary Science: The Legacy of Robert K. Merton ( Massimiano Bucchi).- Re-distributing Responsibility in Transdisciplinary Knowledge Production and Circulation (Thomas V?lker).- How Do Scientists Doing Animal Experimentation View the Co-evolution Between Science and Society? The Swiss Case (Fabienne Crettaz Von Roten).- Science-Society Relations in a Context of Technological Change: How Scientists Working on Renewable Energy Technologies Perceive Their Role in the Energy Transition (Lu?s Junqueira).- Part II: Science Communication and Citizen Participation in Science.- Bringing Science to Public: Is it a Matter for Scientific Associations? (Cristina Palma Concei??o).- Turning the Gaze on Ourselves: Public Communication of Sociology (Ana Delicado).- Technologies of Participation in Water Plans in Portugal: What kind of Science-Society Relation Are We Talking About? (Sofia Bento & Oriana Rainho Br?s).- Material Trajectories: How issues Come to Matter in a Citizen Conference (Guillem Pal? & Miquel Dom?nech).- Two Turtles: Children and Autonomy in Participatory Technological Design (N?ria Vall?s-Peris & Miquel Dom?nech).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030528847
• ISBN13: 9783030528843
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"