A63. Perry,
C. & Rice, R. E. (1999). Network influences on involvement in the
hybrid
problem area of developmental dyslexia. Science Communication,
21(1),
38-74.
A scientific communication model of the emergence
of a hybrid
research
area was developed and tested in the field of developmental dyslexia,
using
multiple data sources concerning personal, professional, publication,
and
network aspects of seventy-four dyslexia researchers. Results suggest
that
societal concerns, federal research policy, and grant funding may play
major roles in encouraging growth and change in a problem area, but
that
subject background and perceptions of past controversies also strongly
influence researchers’ involvement. The findings suggest the value of
conceptualizing
all of science communication, including the popularization of science,
as a continuum within the larger society.
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