The third edition of the Handbook brings the reviews up-to-date and deepens the analysis including four new chapters addressing enduring themes (science publics, science-media theories), recent trends (art-science interactions) and new proposed insights on science communication as culture and as the social conversation around science.

Massimiano Bucchi is Professor of Science and Technology in Society and Director of Master SCICOMM at the University of Trento, Italy, and has been a visiting professor in Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.

Brian Trench is a researcher, trainer and advisor on science communication, formerly a senior lecturer and Head of the School of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland.

1. Introduction: Science Communication as the Social Conversation Around Science

2. Science Journalism: Prospects in the Digital Age

3. Scientists in Popular Culture: The Making of Celebrities

4. Science Museums and Centres: Evolution and Contemporary Trends

5. Science and Technology in Film: Themes and Representations

6. Global Spread of Science Communication: Institutions and Practices Across Continents

7. Scientists as Public Experts: Expectations and Responsibilities

8. Mediatisation of Science and the Rise of Promotional Culture

9. Risk, Science and Public Communication: Third-order Thinking about Scientific Culture

10. Environmentalists as Science Communicators: Advocates and Critics in an Age of Climate Challenges

11. Science Communication as Culture: A Framework for Analysis

12. Communicating the Social Sciences and Humanities: Challenges and Insights for Research Communication

13. Art-science Collaborations, Complexities and Challenges

14. Public Understanding of Science: Survey Research Around the World

15. Public Participation on Science and Technology: Dialogue, Disputations and Collaborations

16. Audiences of Science Communication Between Pluralisation, Fragmentation and Polarisation

17. Evaluating Science Communication: Concepts and Tools for Realistic Assessment