| Preface | 5 |
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| Acknowledgements | 6 |
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| Contents | 7 |
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| Contributors | 9 |
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| Part I Introduction | 11 |
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| 1 Exploring the Impact of Science Communication on Scientific Knowledge Production: An Introduction | 12 |
| 1.1 Science in the News | 12 |
| 1.2 The Concept of Medialization | 13 |
| 1.3 The View from Science Policy | 14 |
| 1.4 Roots: Studies of Science and the Mass Media | 16 |
| 1.5 Science and Its Publics | 18 |
| 1.6 Change of Perspective: A Differentiation Theory Approach | 19 |
| References | 21 |
| Part II Medialization of Science -- Theoretical Considerations | 24 |
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| 2 The Lure of the Mass Media and Its Repercussions on Science | 25 |
| 2.1 The Issue | 25 |
| 2.2 Similarities and Differences Between Communication in Science and by the Mass Media: Types of Knowledge and Publics Addressed | 26 |
| 2.3 Democratization and the Emergence of Mass Media | 30 |
| 2.4 Conceptualizing the 'Medialization' of Science | 32 |
| 2.4.1 Science as a Social System and the Science-Media Coupling | 33 |
| 2.4.2 Resonance Between Science and the Media | 34 |
| 2.5 Conclusion: Medialization as Coupling of Systems | 38 |
| References | 39 |
| Part III Media Coverage of Science | 41 |
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| 3 Public Attention to Science 1820–2010 -- A ‘Longue Durée’ Picture | 42 |
| 3.1 Public Spheres, Public Attention and News Intensity | 44 |
| 3.2 Studies of Long-Term Science News Intensity | 45 |
| 3.3 Constructing an Index of Fluctuations and Ignoring Volume | 48 |
| 3.4 Additional Evidence of Ups and Peaks, Downs and Troughs | 50 |
| 3.5 Why Is Public Attention to Science Not Constant? | 53 |
| 3.5.1 Changing Societal Contexts | 54 |
| 3.5.2 Endogenous Factors in the Operations of Science | 58 |
| 3.6 Conclusion | 59 |
| 3.7 Appendix: How to Calculate the Index of Public Attention? | 60 |
| References | 61 |
| 4 Issue Selection in Science Journalism: Towards a Special Theory of News Values for Science News? | 65 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 65 |
| 4.2 Favourite Topics in Media Coverage of Science | 67 |
| 4.3 Inside the Science Section: The Practitioner's Perspective | 68 |
| 4.3.1 Time Dependent Selection Factors | 68 |
| 4.3.1.1 Passive Background Effect (Crowding Out) | 68 |
| 4.3.1.2 Active Background Effect (Pulling In) | 69 |
| 4.3.2 Time Independent Selection Factors | 70 |
| 4.4 The Theoretical Perspective of News Values: From General Journalism to Science Journalism | 72 |
| 4.4.1 The Theory of News Values | 72 |
| 4.4.2 News Factors in the Context of Science Journalism | 73 |
| 4.5 Development of a Revised Catalogue of News Factors and a First Empirical Test | 75 |
| 4.5.1 A Draft Catalogue of News Factors for Science Coverage | 75 |
| 4.5.1.1 Analysis of Existing Catalogues of News Factors | 76 |
| 4.5.2 Sample and Methods for the First Examination of the Draft Catalogue | 80 |
| 4.5.3 Results | 81 |
| 4.5.4 Reduction of the Draft Catalogue of News Factors | 84 |
| 4.5.5 Summary and Limits of the Results of the Empirical Analysis | 84 |
| 4.6 Conclusions and Forecast | 86 |
| 4.6.1 Further Research Needed for a Final Catalogue | 87 |
| 4.6.2 Lessons to be Learned for Research Outside the Science Sections | 88 |
| References | 89 |
| 5 The Medialization of Regenerative Medicine: Frames and Metaphors in UK News Stories | 92 |
| 5.1 The Nature of Medialization | 92 |
| 5.2 Media Communication of Science | 94 |
| 5.3 Regenerative Medicine in the Media | 96 |
| 5.4 Scientific Revolutions and Medical Miracles | 98 |
| 5.5 Autonomy and Control | 101 |
| 5.6 Regenerative Medicine and Medialization | 103 |
| 5.7 Conclusions | 105 |
| References | 108 |
| 6 Medialization and Credibility: Paradoxical Effect or (Re)-Stabilization of Boundaries? Epidemiology and Stem Cell Research in the Press | 111 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 111 |
| 6.2 Epidemiology and Stem Cell Research -- Between Routine Coverage of Science for Policy and Science Policy for Breakthrough Science | 116 |
| 6.2.1 Epidemiology | 116 |
| 6.2.1.1 Method and Material | 116 |
| 6.2.1.2 Empirical Results | 117 |
| 6.2.2 Stem Cell Research | 124 |
| 6.2.2.1 Method and Material | 124 |
| 6.2.2.2 Empirical Results | 125 |
| 6.2.2.3 Science as ''Sport'' | 126 |
| 6.2.2.4 Science as a ''Guild'' | 127 |
| 6.2.2.5 Science as ''Hubris'' | 128 |
| 6.3 Conclusion | 130 |
| References | 132 |
| Part IV Scientists' Attitudes to Media Visibility | 135 |
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| 7 Re-ordering Epistemic Living Spaces: On the Tacit Governance Effects of the Public Communication of Science | 136 |
| 7.1 Eroding Demarcations Between Science and Society and the Consequence for Research(ers) | 138 |
| 7.2 Material and Methods | 141 |
| 7.3 Tracing Medialization | 143 |
| 7.3.1 Keeping Society Close but Outside -- ' Scientists' Narratives on Sciences' Strategic Use of the Media | 143 |
| 7.3.2 Press-Packaging Science? Why and How Life Scientists Relate Their Work to the Media | 145 |
| 7.3.3 Their Stories About Us and Our Stories About Ourselves. Researchers' Perception of Their Work Between Media Narratives and Everyday Practice | 147 |
| 7.4 Tacit Governance Effects of th
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