TY - CHAP

T1 - Expertise for the public:

T2 - 8th Public Communication of Science & Technology Network Conference - 2004

AU - Peters, Hans Peter

AU - Heinrichs, Harald

N1 - Conference code: 8

PY - 2004

Y1 - 2004

N2 - Based on a mail survey of journalists and experts we analyzed the science-journalism interface in the German discourse on global climate change. The purpose was to better understand how scientific knowledge is integrated into public discourses and to explore what happens to the meaning of scientificknowledge when it enters the realm of the media. We found a strong co-orientation of experts and journalists. Furthermore, we identified some characteristics of “meaning production” in the journalistic processing of expertise. The survey is part of our project “Climate Change in the Public Sphere” and was funded within the German Climate Research Program.

AB - Based on a mail survey of journalists and experts we analyzed the science-journalism interface in the German discourse on global climate change. The purpose was to better understand how scientific knowledge is integrated into public discourses and to explore what happens to the meaning of scientificknowledge when it enters the realm of the media. We found a strong co-orientation of experts and journalists. Furthermore, we identified some characteristics of “meaning production” in the journalistic processing of expertise. The survey is part of our project “Climate Change in the Public Sphere” and was funded within the German Climate Research Program.

KW - Sustainability Science

UR - http://www.upf.edu/pcstacademy/_docs/8thpcst.pdf

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 84-497-0122-8

SP - 304

EP - 307

BT - Scientific knowledge and cultural diversity

A2 - Bonmatí, Bibiana

PB - Rubes Editorial S.L.

Y2 - 2 June 2004 through 6 June 2004

ER -