Contested Knowledge: Science, Media, and Democracy in Kerala - Hardcover

Shiju Sam Varughese

 
9780199469123: Contested Knowledge: Science, Media, and Democracy in Kerala

Synopsis

This work challenges the general perception that mass media fails to communicate scientific studies and research to the public.

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About the Author

Shiju Sam Varughese is Assistant Professor, Centre for Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India. His research is in the field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Studies. He is particularly interested in media and science communication, public engagement with science and technology, social history of knowledge, cultural studies of science and technology, and regional modernities in South Asia. He has edited (with Satheese Chandra Bose) Kerala Modernity: Ideas, Spaces and Practices in Transition (2015).

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