Science communication: Understanding its challenges and opportunities—Review of three books.

MacDonald, B. H. (2021). Science communication: Understanding its challenges and opportunities—Review of three books. Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 51(1), 211–219. https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v51i1.10742

Abstract

This essay review discusses the following three books: 1) The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication. Jamieson, K.H., Kahan, D., & Scheufele, D.A.  (Eds.). (2017). Oxford University Press, New York. xxii, 486 p. ISBN 978-0-19049-762-0 (hardcover); 9780190668969 (Ebook). 2) Communicating Climate Change Information for Decision-Making. Serrão-Neumann, S.M., Coudrain, A., & Coulter, L. (Eds.).  (2018). Springer, Cham. xiv, 219 p. ISBN 978-3-319-74668-5 (hardcover); 978-3-319-74669-2 (Ebook). 3) Creative (Climate) Communications: Productive Pathways for Science, Policy, and Society. Boykoff, M.T. (2019). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. xvii, [i], 302 p. ISBN 978-1-107-19538-7 (hardcover); 978 -1-316 – 64682-3 (pbk). doi.org/10.1017/9781108164047.]

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