This commentary honors Sharon Dunwoody’s scholarship and collaboration by focusing on two co-edited books on science communication. It explores the development of these two seminal publications that influenced the early development of the science communication field. In addition to placing the books in their respective time periods, the commentary highlights Dunwoody’s specific contributions as described by her two co-editors and long-time collaborators.
DunwoodyS. (1980). The science writing inner club: A communication link between science and the lay public. Science, Technology & Human Values, 5, 14–22.
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FriedmanS. M. (2015). The changing face of environmental journalism in the United States. In HansenA.CoxR. (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of environment and communication (pp. 144–157). Routledge.
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FriedmanS. M.DunwoodyS.RogersC. L. (Eds.). (1986). Scientists and journalists: Reporting science as news. The Free Press.
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FriedmanS. M.DunwoodyS.RogersC. L. (1999). Communicating uncertainty: Media coverage of new and controversial science. Lawrence Erlbaum.
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GoodellR. (1977). The visible scientists. Little, Brown & Co.
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GoodfieldJ. (1981). Reflections on science and the media. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
