Ethics and Practice in Science Communication

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Rush Holt and Jeanne Braha
Introduction to this Book
Susanna Priest, Jean Goodwin, and Michael F. Dahlstrom
Part 1: How Ethics Matters
1: Effective because Ethical: Speech Act Theory as a Framework for Scientists’ Communication
Jean Goodwin
2: Communicating Science-Based Information about Risk: How Ethics Can Help
Paul B. Thompson
3: Communicating Climate Change and Other Evidence-Based Controversies: Challenges to Ethics in Practice
Susanna Priest
4: Framing Science for Democratic Engagement
Leah Sprain
Part 2: Professional Practice
5: Ethical Considerations of Using Narrative to Communicate in Science Policy Contexts
Michael F. Dahlstrom and Shirley S. Ho
6: Science Communication as Communication about Persons
Brent Ranalli
7: Journalists, Expert Sources, and Ethical Issues in Science Communication
Marjorie Kruvand
8: The Ethics and Boundaries of Industry Environmental Campaigns
Barbara Miller Gaither and Janas Sinclair
9: Scientists’ Duty to Communicate: Exploring Ethics, Public Communication, and Scientific Practice
Sarah Davies
Part 3: Case Studies
10: Just the Facts or Expert Opinion? The Backtracking Approach to Socially Responsible Science Communication
Daniel J. McKaughan and Kevin C. Elliott
11: Controversy, Commonplaces, and Ethical Science Communication: The Case of Consumer Genetic Testing
Lora Arduser
12: Excluding “Anti-biotech” Activists from Canadian Agri-Food Policy Making: Ethical Implications of the Deficit Model of Science Communication
Kelly Bronson
13: Science Communication Ethics: A Reflexive View
Alain Létourneau
14: How Discourse Illuminates the Ruptures between Scientific and Cultural Rationalities
Cynthia-Lou Coleman
Afterword
Susanna Priest, Jean Goodwin, and Michael F. Dahlstrom
List of Contributors
Index
Choice Magazine: CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Awards
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Communication Ethics Division, National Communication Association: Edited Book of the Year
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