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The consumer's digital day

Subtitle: 
A research report by Ofcom and Gfk
Publication citation: 

Ofcom and Gfk (2010, December 14). The consumer's digital day: A research report by Ofcom and Gfk. London: Ofcom.

Keywords: 
digital media, consumer, survey
Brief description: 

This report is described in the following terms:

The Rough Guide to the Future

Publication citation: 

Turney, J. (2010). The Rough Guide to the Future. Rough Guides.

Keywords: 
frontier science, emerging technologies, politics, predictions
Brief description: 

Jon Turney has published a new book, entitled The Rough Guide to the Future. the book is described by the publishers in the following terms:

School science and citizenship

Subtitle: 
Whose science and whose citizenship?
Publication citation: 

Jenkins, E. (2006). School science and citizenship: whose science and whose citizenship? The Curriculum Journal, 17(3), pp. 197-211.

Keywords: 
school science, citizenship, Science-Technology-Society (STS) Movement, socio-political action
Brief description: 

Attempts to link school science education with citizenship are not new.

Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication

Publication citation: 

Priest, S.H. (2010). (ed.) Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication. Sage, Newbury Park, CA, USA.

Keywords: 
advocacy, policy, and research organizations, environmental and health communication, philosophy of science, media theory and science communication, informal science education, science journalism as a profession, risk communication theory, public understanding of science, pseudo-science in the news, special problems in reporting science and technology, science communication ethics
Brief description: 

Published in two volumes, this encyclopedia is described on the publisher's website in the following terms:

Coming of age in the academy?

Subtitle: 
The status of our emerging field
Publication citation: 

S.H. Priest, Coming of age in the academy? The status of our emerging field, Jcom
09(03) (2010) C06.

Keywords: 
science communication, research, discipline
Brief description: 

Science communication is certainly growing as an academic field, as well as a professional specialization.

Is science communication its own field?

Publication citation: 

T. Gascoigne, D. Cheng, M. Claessens, J. Metcalfe, B. Schiele and S. Shi, Is science
communication its own field?, Jcom 09(03) (2010) C04.

Keywords: 
science communication, research, discipline
Brief description: 

The present comment examines to what extent science communication has attained the status of an academic discipline and a distinct research field, as opposed to the common view that science communicat

Science communication, an emerging discipline

Publication citation: 

B. Trench and M. Bucchi, Science communication, an emerging discipline, Jcom 09(03) (2010) C03.

Keywords: 
science communication, research, discipline
Brief description: 

Several publications have sought to define the field of science communication and review current issues and recent research.

Notes from some spaces in-between

Publication citation: 

A.R. Bell, Notes from some spaces in-between, Jcom 09(03) (2010) C02.

Keywords: 
science communication, research, discipline
Brief description: 

Science communication is less a community of researchers, but more a space where communities of research coexist to study and deal with communities of researchers.

Road maps for the 21st-century research in Science Communication

Publication citation: 

N. Pitrelli, Road maps for the 21st-century research in Science Communication, Jcom 09(03) (2010) C01.

Keywords: 
science communication, research, discipline
Brief description: 

This is an introduction to the essays from the Jcom commentary devoted to the statute and the future of research in science communication.

From analogue to digital scholarship

Subtitle: 
Implications for science communication researchers
Publication citation: 

R. Holliman, From analogue to digital scholarship: implications for science communication researchers, Jcom 09(03) (2010) C05.

Keywords: 
Science communication research, digital scholarship, information literacy skills
Brief description: 

Digital media have transformed the social practices of science communication.