Popularizing Science : The Complex Terminological Interactions Between Scientific and Press Discourses Within the Field of Agroecology

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Title:

Author:

Ledouble, Hélène.

ISBN:

9781394298983

9781394299003

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Series:

Communication, environment, science and society set ; volume 2

General Note:

7.1.4. Name equivalents in discourse

Contents:

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 The Challenge of Popularizing Science -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Chapter 1 The Dialogue Between Science and Society -- 1.1. The popularizing project -- 1.1.1. How we talk about popular science -- 1.1.2. Promoting popularization -- 1.2. Science in the media and the multiplicity of actors -- 1.2.1. From scholarly knowledge to social knowledge -- 1.2.2. Perspectives on science and experts -- 1.3. Scientific and media approaches to popularization

1.3.1. Divergence between scientific and media approaches -- 1.3.2. Convergences between these approaches -- Chapter 2 Discourses on Science -- 2.1. Genres in scientific communication -- 2.2. Scientific discourse -- 2.2.1. Terminological variation in specialized discourse -- 2.2.2. Specialized and general language -- 2.3. Scientific media discourse -- 2.3.1. Language and variation in the popularization process -- 2.3.2. Parallel between popularization and education -- Chapter 3 Theoretical and Methodological Tools for Analysis -- 3.1. Identification and categorization of names and designations

3.1.1. Designations in a discursive context -- 3.1.2. Analysis and categorization of designations -- 3.2. Characterization of objects of discourse -- 3.2.1. Characterization of an object of discourse: media schematization -- 3.2.2. Formal markers characterizing objects of discourse -- Part 2 Science in the Media: Agroecology in the Daily Press -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Chapter 4 An Introduction to Agroecology -- 4.1. Presentation of biological control -- 4.1.1. Definition of terms and terminological instability -- 4.1.2. Regulatory approach to plant protection

4.2. Media discourse under study -- 4.2.1. French press corpus -- 4.2.2. English-language press corpus -- Chapter 5 Names and Designations of Discourse Objects -- 5.1. Designations of plant protection methods -- 5.1.1. Protection methods in French -- 5.1.2. Control methods in English -- 5.1.3. Summary of method designations -- 5.2. Designations of agents and plant protection products -- 5.2.1. Biocontrol agents (insects) -- 5.2.2. Biocontrol products -- 5.2.3. Summary of product designations -- Chapter 6 Characterization of Discourse Objects -- 6.1. Crossed perspectives on methods and products

6.1.1. Complementarity of methods and products -- 6.1.2. Opposition between methods and products -- 6.1.3. Synthesis of oppositions and binarism -- 6.2. Simplified look at methods and products -- 6.2.1. Simplification through (co)textual structures -- 6.2.2. Simplification by analogical reasoning -- Part 3 Challenges in the Mediation of Agroecological Issues -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Chapter 7 Terminological and Cognitive Issues -- 7.1. Designations and specialization -- 7.1.1. Semantic shift between areas of expertise -- 7.1.2. Determinologization -- 7.1.3. Designations and connotations

Abstract:

Media coverage of scientific issues is a highly complex process. It involves making a specialized field accessible to the general public, without necessarily disseminating the associated scientific terms or knowledge. The terminological interactions between press discourses and scientific knowledge are presented within the field of agroecology. The analysis of textual data focuses on articles in the general press in French and English, devoted to plant protection practices using natural mechanisms (biological control). This book provides a terminological and cognitive overview of the issues involved in popularizing science in a rapidly expanding field, and of the challenges to be met in the constantly evolving environmental communication sector.

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

Science journalism.

Science news.

Agricultural ecology.

Presse scientifique.

Sciences -- Vulgarisation.