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In the final chapter of Understanding Popular Science, Peter Broks proposes that we move the locus of discussion from science per se to sciencein-society. Communicating Popular Science can be seen, in many ways, as an extended proof-of-concept for Broks’ proposal, an attempt to articulate what a shift to his ‘third generation model’ (p. 143) of popular science—i.e., CUSP (Critical Understanding of Science in Public)—looks like in action. It has also sought to integrate a perspective often left out of critiques of popular science writing, that of popular science writers themselves.
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Perrault, S.T. (2013). Conclusion: Toward a New Social Contract. In: Communicating Popular Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137017581_10
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