Discourse studies of scientific popularisation: questioning the boundaries.

Myers, Greg (2003) Discourse studies of scientific popularisation: questioning the boundaries. Discourse Studies, 5 (2). pp. 265-279. ISSN 1461-4456

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Abstract

This article critiques the `dominant view' of the popularization of science that takes it as a one-way process of simplification, one in which scientific articles are the originals of knowledge that is then debased by translation for a public that is ignorant of such matters, a blank slate. Recent work is surveyed in several disciplines that questions the boundaries of scientific discourse and genres of popularization: who the actors are, how the discourses interact, what modes are involved, and what is communicated. Implications are drawn from these studies for discourse analysis.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Discourse Studies
Additional Information:
This is a pdf of the author's final version. The definitive version is on the publisher's web-site at http://dis.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/2/265
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? POPULARIZATIONSCIENTIFIC DISCOURSELINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGECOMMUNICATIONSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGYANTHROPOLOGYP PHILOLOGY. LINGUISTICS ??
ID Code:
1387
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Deposited On:
08 Feb 2008 09:22
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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19 Mar 2024 00:38