Ethical Considerations of Using Narrative to Communicate Science

Science Communication

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 592-617

  Dahlstrom, Michael F ^a   Ho, Shirley S ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

communication; ethics; narrative; policy; science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866644854     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547012454597     Document Type: Article

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