Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology

Edited by Massimiano Bucchi, Brian Trench

Comprehensive yet accessible, this key Handbook provides an up-to-date overview of the fast growing and increasingly important area of ‘public communication of science and technology’,...

Published April 30th 2008 by Routledge.

Human Cloning in the Media

From Science Fiction to Science Practice

By Joan Haran, Jenny Kitzinger, Maureen McNeil, Kate O'Riordan

This book examines the making of human cloning as an imaginary practice and scientific fact. It explores the controversies surrounding both ‘therapeutic cloning’ for stem...

Published October 25th 2007 by Routledge.

Journalism, Science and Society

Science Communication between News and Public Relations

Edited by Martin Bauer, Massimiano Bucchi

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...

Published September 7th 2007 by Routledge.

By Carolyn Kitch, Janice Hume

This book considers the cultural meanings of death in American journalism and the role of journalism in interpretations and enactments of public grief, which has...

Published August 16th 2007 by Routledge.

Explorations in Globalization, Culture and Resistance

By Rodanthi Tzanelli

Recent years have seen a radical transformation of conventional tourist marketing and experience. The use of exotic locations in Hollywood films has allowed global audiences...

Published February 21st 2007 by Routledge.

Mediating Nature

By Nils Lindahl Elliot

Mediating Nature provides a history of the present nature of mass mediation. It examines the ways in which a number of discourses, technologies and institutions...

Published September 28th 2006 by Routledge.

Theories of the Information Society

By Frank Webster

Coping in an era of information flows, of virtual relationships and breakneck change poses challenges to one and all.

In Theories of the Information Society...

Published August 11th 2006 by Routledge.

The Case of Reviewing Ethnic Inequalities in Education

By Martyn Hammersley

The main way in which research findings can be disseminated to a wide audience is via the mass media. However, there are frequent complaints that...

Published July 27th 2006 by Routledge.

A Case Study of the Genetic Research on the Lemba

By Tudor Parfitt, Yulia Egorova

This is the first book to explore the effect of genetic research on the Lemba Judaising community of Southern Africa and the phenomenon of Israelite...

Published January 26th 2006 by Routledge.

Brands

Meaning and Value in Media Culture

By Adam Arvidsson

Drawing on rich empirical material, this revealing book builds up a critical theory, arguing that brands have become an important tool for transforming everyday life...

Published December 8th 2005 by Routledge.