Thank you so much to everyone for your generous ideas about Communication and Science course / text. It's a large lecture (250 students) undergrad course. It's not my area of expertise at all but, for various reasons, I may end up having to develop and teach it in January! So your help is very much appreciated. Jean
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Jean S. Mason, PhD
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Ryerson University http://www.ryerson.ca
Rogers Communications Centre
Faculty of Communication & Design
Department of Professional Communication
Graduate Program in Communication and Culture
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From: Tosh Tachino <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:04 pm
Subject: Re: Communicating Science Text
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> Jean,
>
> I think the answer to your question depends much on the level (undergrad/grad)
> and the nature/focus (theory/research/practice) of the course.
>
> But I'd recommend: Randy Harris' anthology "Rhetoric and Incommensurability,"
> which contains relevant essay. Allen Gross' "Rhetoric of Science" is
> 17 years
> old, but you might find it useful as well. Some other great works in the
> rhetorical tradition include: Jeanne Fahnestock's "The rhetorical life
> of
> scientific facts" and "Rhetorical figures in science," Davida
> Charney's analysis
> of "Longitude" to show the fundamental misunderstanding of values of
> science by
> journalism (The title is "Lone geniuses in popular science" in Written
> communication 20(3).) Written Communication did a special issue on
> rhetoric of
> science in 2004 (vol 21, issue 1): This issue contains Danette Paul's
> exploration of diffusion of scientific ideas and antoher Fahnestock's
> work (on
> visual parallelism in science) among others.
>
> As Ryan suggested, Bazerman's "Shaping Written Knowledge" is
> excellent. Just in
> case you didn't know, this out-of-print book is available
> electronically at:
> http://wac.colostate.edu/books/bazerman_shaping/
>
> There are several interesting works outside our field that look at
> science and
> its relationship to its stakeholders. For example, Sheila Jasanoff's
> "Designs on
> Nature" explores the relationship between science and public policy
> while *a
> lot* has been written on the relationship between science and law (e.g.
> admissibility standard in Daubert). I kind of like "The age of expert
> testimony:
> Science in the courtroom" as a starter because it's short and easy, while
> covering the basics you need to get started.
>
> I've seen some practical "how-to" books, but I can't remember any of
> the titles.
> Maybe somebody who teaches tech comm or science WAC might know.
>
> > Can anyone suggest a text book for a course in communication and
> science? The
> course examines how critical scientific issues are communicated to science's
> major stakeholders, the public, government, and within scientific community
> itself. Thanks. Jean
>
>
> _____________________________________
> Tosh Tachino, M.A., B.A. Honors
> Ph.D. Candidate, Iowa State University
> Rhetoric and Professional Communication
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