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Review of “Science v. Story: Narrative Strategies for Science Communicators”

May 14, 2024

“In Science v. Story: Narrative Strategies for Science Communicators, Emma Frances Bloomfield parses the complexities of conveying scientific knowledge amid rampant misinformation and eroding public trust. Acknowledging the dual power of narrative to inform and divide, Bloomfield’s engaging text shares tools for crafting effective stories and urges inclusive discourse in the face of polarisation.”

Read Chris Featherman’s review at LSE Review of Books.

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Chris Featherman

Chris Featherman is a Lecturer in MIT's Writing and Communication Center. He earned his Ph.D. in Language and Rhetoric from the University of Washington in Seattle. A writing and communication instructor since 2001, Chris also studies and writes about language, media, and politics in the public sphere. He is the author of an academic monograph, Discourses of Ideology and Identity: Social Media and the Iranian Election Protests (Routledge, 2015), and he has written for The Los Angeles Review of Books, New Media & Society, The London School of Economics Review of Books, Discourse Studies, Journal of Language and Politics, and elsewhere.