Public communication of science 2.0: Is the communication of science via the "new media" online a genuine transformation or old wine in new bottles?

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.
² School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
³ Institute of Science, Technology and Society Studies Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria.
⁴ Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

Editorial

Hans Peter Peters et al. EMBO Rep. 2014 Jul.

. 2014 Jul;15(7):749-53.

doi: 10.15252/embr.201438979. Epub 2014 Jun 11.

¹ Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.
² School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
³ Institute of Science, Technology and Society Studies Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria.
⁴ Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

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