Comprehensive, interesting, and for an academic and teacher in the area, really quite exciting. * Dr. Angela Cassidy, Institute for Food Research, University of East Anglia * The quality of contributions, the strong theoretical background and the emphasis on methodological issues will make it an extremely valuable resource for teaching and researching in this area in the years to come. * Massimiano Bucchi, Professor of Science in Society, University of Trento, Italy * This book provides an overview of how public engagement and popular media influence the way science is communicated. It is well suited as a college text and presents options for further readings and additional web resources for each article. It is accessible to readers, regardless of expertise, due to the use of clear examples and detailed discussions of research findings." Integrative and Comparative Biology journal The originality of this book is to bring a strongly sociological angle to science communication, a very necessary one to understand the place of science in society and the dynamics of the different actors concerned. * Suzanne de Cheveigné, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, France *