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Narrative risks in science writing for the lay public

Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The narrative method of presenting popular science method promises to extend the audience of science, but carries risks related to two broad aspects of story: the power of narrative to impose a compelling and easily interpretable structure on discrete events and the unpredictability and mystique associated with story.
Authors: Olav Muurlink, Peter McAllister
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2713097597
FWCI: 3.274
Cites: 95
Cited by: 7
Related to: 10