Shiju Sam Varughese

Gebundenes Buch

Contested Knowledge

Science, Media, and Democracy in Kerala

Beschreibung

This work challenges the general perception that mass media fails to communicate scientific studies and research to the public. Through detailed case studies of journalistic presentation of science news in regional newspapers in Kerala, the book demonstrates that mass media has a rather complex relationship with science in contemporary democracies. The social dynamics of their mutual resonance and its impact on public engagement with science is the key emphasis ofthe book.

Autor

Shiju Sam Varughese is Assistant Professor, Centre for Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India. His research is in the field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Studies. He is particularly interested in media and science communication, public engagement with science and technology, social history of knowledge, cultural studies of science and technology, and regional modernities in South Asia. He has edited (with Satheese Chandra Bose) Kerala Modernity: Ideas, Spaces and Practices in Transition (2015).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780199469123
• ISBN-10: 0199469121
• Artikelnr.: 48247216