Article ID: CBB001420043

Unbalanced Progress: The Hard Road from Science Popularisation to Public Engagement with Science in China (2014)

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Jia, Hepeng (Author)
Liu, Li (Author)


Public Understanding of Science
Volume: 23, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 32-37


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Public Engagement in Science”
Language: English

This article critically traces the development of science communication in China in the past 30 years. While confirming the tremendous progress Chinese science communicators have achieved in popularising science, it argues that the deficit model-based popularisation effort cannot meet the diversifying demands on science in Chinese society. Citing both recent science and technology controversies and active public participation in science pilot initiatives in China, this article concludes that science communication efforts in the country must be focused on constructive dialogues and public engagement with science.

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Authors & Contributors
Bruner, Justin P.
James Owen Weatherall
O'Connor, Cailin
Navalhas, Inês N.
Scheufele, Dietram A.
Wittkower, D. E.
Concepts
Public understanding of science
Communication of scientific ideas
Popularization
Public opinion
Popular culture
Science and society
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
Places
China
Great Britain
Barcelona (Spain)
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Institutions
Gradiva
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