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Communication is one of the contemporary’ success’ words. It conjures up ideas of successful action and change: ‘getting our message across’, ‘running public information campaigns’, ‘changing attitudes’, ‘raising awareness’, ‘setting the agenda’, ‘managing a public image’. These are the types of positive, success-orientated ways that our contemporaries talk about communication in public life.
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Sless, D., Shrensky, R. (2001). Conversations in a Landscape of Science and Magic: Thinking about Science Communication. In: Stocklmayer, S.M., Gore, M.M., Bryant, C. (eds) Science Communication in Theory and Practice. Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0620-0_6
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