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MIT OpenCourseWare
Principles and Practice of Science Communication
- Instructor
- Prof. John Durant
- Term
- Spring 2006
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 2 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare STS.014 Principles and Practice of Science Communication, Spring 2006, Prof. John Durant — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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- A lecture sequence of 16 items is confirmed. Assignment and exam materials exist too, but MIT's own order for them could not be verified, so they're shown as materials below rather than a sequence.
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Readings
Course outline
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Lecture 2: How Do Scientists Communicate with Each Other?
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Lecture 3: How is Science Communicated to the Public?
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Lecture 4: Class Visit to the MIT Museum
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Lecture 5: Who’s on the Receiving End of Popular Science?
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Lecture 6: Writing Science (Introduction) Science Journalism
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Lecture 7: Science Essay Writing
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Lecture 8: Broadcasting Science (Introduction) Do Science Documentaries have a Future?
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Lecture 9: Making Science Shows for Radio
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Lecture 10: Exhibiting Science (Introduction) Creating Science Exhibits in the MIT Museum
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Lecture 11: No Lecture
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Lecture 12: Case Study 1: The Cambridge Recombinant DNA Controversy
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Lecture 13: Second MIT Museum Visit
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Lecture 14: Case Study 2: The GM Food Debate in the UK, 1994-2004
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Lecture 15: Case Study 3: Science, Communication and Celebrity: The Implosion of Korean Human Stem Cell Research
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Lecture 16: Case Study 4: The Debate over ‘Intelligent Design’
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. John Durant, STS.014 Principles and Practice of Science Communication, Spring 2006.
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