Toss Gascoigne

11/04/2018
Book Review

Little country, big talk

Toss Gascoigne

Modern science communication has emerged as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession. In the last 60 years, we have seen the birth of interactive science centres, university courses, the first research into science communication, and a growth in employment by research institutions,...

20/07/2017
Article

The emergence of modern science communication in Australia

Toss Gascoigne and Jennifer Metcalfe

Modern science communication has emerged over the last 60 years as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession. This period has seen the birth of interactive science centres, the first university courses to teach the theory and practice of science communication, the first university...

21/09/2010
Comment

Is science communication its own field?

Toss Gascoigne, Donghong Cheng, Michel Claessens, Jennifer Metcalfe, Bernard Schiele and Shunke Shi

The present comment examines to what extent science communication has attained the status of an academic discipline and a distinct research field, as opposed to the common view that science communication is merely a sub-discipline of media studies, sociology of science or history of science....

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