This state-of-the-art volume offers comprehensive coverage of socio-cultural approaches to science as well as analysing new theoretical developments and incorporating discussions about future directions within the field. This handbook is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.

David R. Gruber is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lynda C. Olman is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.

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Introduction

PART I: History and Development of Language and Science

1. Language and Science from a Rhetorical Perspective
2. Social semiotic approaches to language in science: A history of engagement with language & science
3. Public Understanding Of Science: Popularisation, Perceptions and Publics
4. Science, journalism, and the language of (un)certainty: A review of science journalists' use of language in reports on science
5. Language and Science in Science and Technology Studies

PART II: Language and Power

6. Language, Power and Public Engagement in Science
7. Rhetoric's Materialist Traditions and the Shifting Terrain of Economic Agency
8. Accounting for 'Genetics' and 'Race' Requires a Use-Focused Theory of Language
9. Encomium of the Harlot, or, a Rhetoric of Refusal
10. Gender and the Language of Science: The Case of CRISPR

PART III: Language and Pedagogy

11. Rhetorical Invention and Visual Rhetoric: Toward a Multimodal Pedagogy Of Scientific Writing
12. Use of Personal Pronouns in Science Laboratory Reports
13. Dialogic Approaches to Supporting Argumentation in the Elementary Science Classroom
14. The 'objective truths' of the classroom: Using Foucault and discourse analysis to unpack structuring concepts in science and mathematics education
15. Iterative language pedagogy for science writing: Discovering the language of Architectural Engineering

PART IV: Language and Materiality

16. Of Matter And Money: Material-Semiotic Methods For The Study Of Science And Language
17. Anatomical Presencing:Visualisation, Model-Making, & Embodied Interaction in a Language Rich Space
18. Narrative, Drama, and Science communication
19. Language, Materiality, and Emotions in Science Learning Settings
20. The Materialist Rhetoric about SARS Sequelae in China: Networked Risk Communication, Social Justice, and Immaterial Labor

PART V: Language and Public Engagement

21. Exploring Public Engagement in Environmental Rhetoric
22. Heuristics for Communicating Science, Risk, and Crisis: Encouraging Guided Inquiry in Challenging Rhetorical Situations
23. When Expertises Clash: (Topic) Modeling Stasis about Complex Issues Across Large Discursive Corpora
24. Blasting for Science: Rhetorical Antidotes to Anti-vax Discourse in the Italian Public Sphere
25. Exploring Conversations about Science in New Media

PART VI: Futures for Language and Science

26. Rhetorical Futures For The Study Of Language & Science:Theorizing Interpublics In/For Healthcare
27. Ecologies Of Genres And An Ecology Of Languages Of Science: Current And Future Debates
28. Becoming the Other: The Body in Translation
29. Science Communication on Social Media: Current Trends, Future Challenges
30. Language and Science: Emerging Themes in Public Science Communication

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