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Recent scandals in the biosciences have highlighted the perils of
communicating science leading many observers to ask questions about
the pressures on scientists and the media to hype-up claims of
scientific breakthroughs. Journalists, science writers and
scientists themselves have to report complex and rapidly-developing
scientific issues to society, yet work within conceptual and
temporal constraints that shape their communication. To date, there
has been little reflection on the ethical implications of science
writing and science communication in an era of rapid change.
Communicating Biological Sciences discusses the 'ethics' of science
communication in light of recent developments in biotechnology and
biomedicine. It focuses on the role of metaphors in the creation of
visions and the framing of scientific advances, as well as their
impact on patterns of public acceptance and rejection, trust and
scepticism. Its rigorous investigation will appeal not only to
science writers and scientists, but also to scholars of sociology,
science and technology studies, media and journalism.
Recent scandals in the biosciences have highlighted the perils of
communicating science leading many observers to ask questions about
the pressures on scientists and the media to hype-up claims of
scientific breakthroughs. Journalists, science writers and
scientists themselves have to report complex and rapidly-developing
scientific issues to society, yet work within conceptual and
temporal constraints that shape their communication. To date, there
has been little reflection on the ethical implications of science
writing and science communication in an era of rapid change.
Communicating Biological Sciences discusses the 'ethics' of science
communication in light of recent developments in biotechnology and
biomedicine. It focuses on the role of metaphors in the creation of
visions and the framing of scientific advances, as well as their
impact on patterns of public acceptance and rejection, trust and
scepticism. Its rigorous investigation will appeal not only to
science writers and scientists, but also to scholars of sociology,
science and technology studies, media and journalism.
Can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined effectively in psychology? What are the practical and theoretical issues involved? Should different criteria be used to judge qualitative and quantitative research? The acceptance of qualitative research methods in psychology has lead to a split between qualitative and quantitative methods and has raised questions about how best to assess the validity of research practice. While the two approaches have traditionally been seen as competing paradigms, more recently, researchers have begun to argue that the divide is artificial. Mixing Methods in Psychology looks in detail at the problems involved in attempting to reconcile qualitative and quantitative methods both within and across subjects. All angles of the debate are discussed, covering areas as diverse as health, education, social, clinical and economic psychology. The contributors, who are some of the leading figures in the field, present theoretical and methodological guidance as well as practical examples of how quantitative and qualitative methods can be fruitfully combined. By aiming to bridge the gap between the two methods, this book reveals how each can inform the other to produce more accurate theories and models of human behaviour. This ground-breaking text will be essential reading for students and researchers wishing to combine methods, or for anyone who simply wants to get a better understanding of the debate.
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The volume provides a timely, state of the art collection of
studies examining climate change communication in the era of
digital media. The chapters focus on a broad range of topics
covering various aspects of both practice and research in climate
change communication, ranging from the use of online platforms, to
blogs, and social networking sites. Climate change communication
has increasingly moved into Internet-based forums, and this volume
provides a comprehensive overview of research into Internet and
climate change communication. The studies share valuable
methodological insights in this relatively new field of research
and shed light on the opportunities and challenges underlying the
collection and analysis of online climate change-related data. This
book was previously published as a special issue of Environmental
Communication.
In the twentieth century paradigms of linguistics have largely left
language change to one side. Rudi Keller's book is an exciting
contribution to linguistic philosophy becuase it puts language
change back on the linguistics agenda and demonstrates that, far
from being a remote mystery, it can and should be explained.
The volume provides a timely, state of the art collection of
studies examining climate change communication in the era of
digital media. The chapters focus on a broad range of topics
covering various aspects of both practice and research in climate
change communication, ranging from the use of online platforms, to
blogs, and social networking sites. Climate change communication
has increasingly moved into Internet-based forums, and this volume
provides a comprehensive overview of research into Internet and
climate change communication. The studies share valuable
methodological insights in this relatively new field of research
and shed light on the opportunities and challenges underlying the
collection and analysis of online climate change-related data. This
book was previously published as a special issue of Environmental
Communication.
Tropes are not only rhetorical means, which are used as a creative
and / or persuasive linguistic means in poetry and public speech.
They are also a cognitive tool which helps people to understand the
world and to express their world. As they are the basis on which
our worldview and even our everyday speech is founded, the question
must be posed as to whether utterances containing tropes can be
said to be true. This has been an epistemological problem since
Nietzsche expressed his doubts about the possibility that
figurative language could give access to truth. However, since then
research has paid little attention to this question. -18 papers by
linguists, philosophers, psychologists and literary scholars have
been collected in this volume. Their 21 authors use various
approaches or paradigms in order to define metaphor, metonymy,
synecdoche, irony, euphemism, antonomasia and hyperbole and find an
answer to the crucial epistemological questions, namely whether and
to what extent utterances containing tropes can be said to be true
or false.
The phrase 'here be monsters' or 'here be dragons' is commonly
believed to have been used on ancient maps to indicate unexplored
territories which might hide unknown beasts. This book maps and
explores places between science and politics that have been left
unexplored, sometimes hiding in plain sight - in an era when
increased emphasis was put on 'openness'. The book is rooted in a
programme of research funded by the Leverhulme Trust entitled:
'Making Science Public: Challenges and opportunities, which runs
from 2014 to 2017. One focus of our research was to critically
question the assumption that making science more open and public
could solve various issues around scientific credibility, trust,
and legitimacy. Chapters in this book explore the risks and
benefits of this perspective with relation to transparency,
responsibility, experts and faith. -- .
Is shopping for food really a political act?Why is it that, in a
world with enough food for everyone, more people than ever go
hungry?Why did the French resistance against genetically modified
foods become a fight against McDonalds?Why did the foot-and-mouth
epidemic in the UK become a problem for consumers?Capable of
connecting human bodies to abstract nations, and techno-science to
moral concerns, food has become one of the most contested fields of
our time. It is high on the political agenda throughout the world.
With disease, contamination, famine, hunger and imbalanced food
markets all unfortunate realities, a book that interrogates the
politics of food is long overdue.From the BSE outbreak in the 1990s
through to cultural taboos and the genetic modification of produce
and livestock, this timely book raises provocative questions about
how we relate to food in the 21st century. Recent food scandals and
genetically modified organism controversies have shattered the idea
that 'food is food' as we have always known it, and exposed
fundamental dilemmas related to risk and control. Taking as its
starting point the premise that food is politicized in arenas not
commonly thought of as political, The Politics of Food explores
issues surrounding the development of global food markets in
underdeveloped nations and addresses recent events that have had a
profound impact on how consumers feel about what they eat. The
epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease that swept through the UK in
2001 spawned a series of questions concerning the real costs of
cheap food. What lessons have been learned? And how are food
choices linked to the politics of food markets?With globalization,
food has increasinglybecome entangled in webs of political
significance. Through ethnographic case studies, this book reveals
how food has come to serve a key role in political resistance,
grassroots activism and nation-building. Anyone interested in
globalization, food safety, or what food choices say about food
politics will find this book essential reading.
About fifty years ago, Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy is 'the
pivot of semantic analysis'. Fifty years on, polysemy has become
one of the hottest topics in linguistics and in the cognitive
sciences at large. The book deals with the topic from a wide
variety of viewpoints. The cognitive approach is supplemented and
supported by diachronic, psycholinguistic, developmental,
comparative, and computational perspectives. The chapters, written
by some of the most eminent specialists in the field, are all
underpinned by detailed discussions of methodology and theory.
Is shopping for food really a political act? Why is it that, in a
world with enough food for everyone, more people than ever go
hungry? Why did the French resistance against genetically modified
foods become a fight against McDonalds? Why did the foot-and-mouth
epidemic in the UK become a problem for consumers? Capable of
connecting human bodies to abstract nations, and techno-science to
moral concerns, food has become one of the most contested fields of
our time. It is high on the political agenda throughout the world.
With disease, contamination, famine, hunger and imbalanced food
markets all unfortunate realities, a book that interrogates the
politics of food is long overdue. From the BSE outbreak in the
1990s through to cultural taboos and the genetic modification of
produce and livestock, this timely book raises provocative
questions about how we relate to food in the 21st century. Recent
food scandals and genetically modified organism controversies have
shattered the idea that 'food is food' as we have always known it,
and exposed fundamental dilemmas related to risk and control.
Taking as its starting point the premise that food is politicized
in arenas not commonly thought of as political, The Politics of
Food explores issues surrounding the development of global food
markets in underdeveloped nations and addresses recent events that
have had a profound impact on how consumers feel about what they
eat. The epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease that swept through the
UK in 2001 spawned a series of questions concerning the real costs
of cheap food. What lessons have been learned? And how are food
choices linked to the politics of food markets? With globalization,
food has increasingly become entangled in webs of political
significance. Through ethnographic case studies, this book reveals
how food has come to serve a key role in political resistance,
grassroots activism and nation-building. Anyone interested in
globalization, food safety, or what food choices say about food
politics will find this book essential reading.
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