Insights on Science Journalism

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Felicity Mellor, Felicity (Imperial College London Mellor
• Assisted by: Felicity Mellor (Editor), Mellor Felicity (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2024
• EAN: 9781032350622
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3235062-2
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Journalism Insights
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SCIENCE / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, History of Science, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism