Dr Richard Holliman

Senior Lecturer in Science Communication

For details of my publications, select oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/rmh47.html

Selected Publications

 

Edited collections

Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E., Scanlon, E., Smidt, S. and Thomas, J. (2009). (eds.) Investigating science communication in the information age: Implications for public engagement and popular media. Oxford University Press, Oxford. For more details, see oro.open.ac.uk/13050.

Holliman, R., Thomas, J., Smidt, S., Scanlon, E., and Whitelegg, E. (2009b). (eds.) Practising science communication in the information age: Theorising professional practices. Oxford University Press, Oxford. For more details, see oro.open.ac.uk/13051.

Holliman, R. and Scanlon, E. (eds.) (2004). Mediating science learning through information and communications technology. RoutledgeFalmer, London. For more details, see oro.open.ac.uk/7597.

Journal papers

Holliman, R. (2011). Advocacy in the tail: Exploring the implications of 'climategate' for science journalism and public debate in the digital age, Journalism: theory, practice and criticism, 12(7), pp. 832-846. Details and draft available from: oro.open.ac.uk/29462.

Holliman, R. (2011). Telling science stories in an evolving digital media ecosystem: from communication to conversation and confrontation, Jcom 10(04), C04. Available from: oro.open.ac.uk/30882.

Holliman, R. (2010). From analogue to digital scholarship: implications for science communication researchers, Jcom 09(03), C05. Available from: oro.open.ac.uk/23218.

Holliman, Richard (2007). Reporting environmental news: newspapers in the digital age. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 5(5), pp. 277-278. For more details, see: http://oro.open.ac.uk/7804.

Holliman, R. and Thomas, J. (2006). Editorial. Curriculum Journal, 17(3), pp. 193-196. For more details, see: oro.open.ac.uk/7598.

Allgaier, J. and Holliman, R. (2006). The emergence of the controversy around the theory of evolution and creationism in UK newspaper reports, Curriculum Journal, 17(3), pp. 263-279. For more details, see: oro.open.ac.uk/7599.

Holliman, R. and Scanlon, E. (2006). Investigating co-operation and collaboration in near synchronous computer mediated conferences. Computers & Education, 46(3), pp. 322-335. For more details, see: oro.open.ac.uk/7595.

Holliman, R. (2005). Reception analyses of science news: Evaluating focus groups as a method, Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale, 76-77(September), pp. 254-264. Available online at: oro.open.ac.uk/604.

Holliman, R. (2004). Media coverage of cloning: A study of media content, production and reception, Public Understanding of Science, 13(2), pp. 107-130. For more details, see: oro.open.ac.uk/605.

Book chapters

Holliman, R. (2012, in press). The struggle for scientific consensus: communicating climate science around COP-15, in Wagoner, B., Jensen, E. and J. Oldmeadow (eds.) Culture and social change: Transforming society through the power of ideas, pp. 185-207. Information Age Publishers, Charlotte, N.C. For details, see oro.open.ac.uk/31000.

Holliman, R. (2010). Media convergence, in Priest, S. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication. Volume 1, pp. 469-473. Newbury Park, CA, Sage. Available from: oro.open.ac.uk/23116.

Holliman, R. (2010). Online media and the sciences, in Priest, S. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication. Volume 2, pp. 546-551. Newbury Park, CA, Sage. Available from: oro.open.ac.uk/23119.

Holliman, R. and Jensen, E. (2009). (In)authentic science and (im)partial publics: (re)constructing the science outreach and public engagement agenda, in Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E., Scanlon, E., Smidt, S. and Thomas, J. (eds.) op cit.. For details, see: oro.open.ac.uk/13058.

Jensen, E. and Holliman, R. (2009). Investigating science communication to inform science outreach and public engagement, in Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E., Scanlon, E., Smidt, S. and Thomas, J. (eds.) op cit.. For details, see: oro.open.ac.uk/13068.

Carr, J., Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2009). Investigating gendered representations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK children's television, in Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E., Scanlon, E., Smidt, S. and Thomas, J. (eds.) op cit.. For details, see: oro.open.ac.uk/13060.

Holliman, R. and Scanlon, E. (2009). Interpreting contested science: media influence and scientific citizenship, in Holliman, R., Whitelegg, E., Scanlon, E., Smidt, S. and Thomas, J. (eds.) op cit.. For details, see: oro.open.ac.uk/13061.

Project reports

Holliman, R., Collins, T.D., Jensen, E. and Taylor, P. (2009). Isotope: Informing Science Outreach and Public Engagement. Final Report of the Nesta-funded Isotope Project. Milton Keynes, The Open University. Available from: oro.open.ac.uk/20090.

Carr, J., Whitelegg, E., Holliman, R., Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2009). (In)visible Witnesses: Drawing on young people's media literacy skills to explore representations of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Research Report No. 9 for the UKRC, Bradford. Available online at: oro.open.ac.uk/12008.

Whitelegg, L. Holliman, R., Carr, J. Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2008a). (In)visible Witnesses: Investigating gendered representations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK children's television. Research Report Series No. 5. for UKRC, Bradford. Available online at: oro.open.ac.uk/10681.

Whitelegg, L. Holliman, R., Carr, J. Scanlon, E. and Hodgson, B. (2008b). (In)visible Witnesses: Investigating gendered representations of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on UK children's television. Research Briefing No. 8 UKRC, Bradford. Available online at: oro.open.ac.uk/10684.

Conference/invited papers

Holliman, R. (2011). 'Digital scholarship and public engagement: communication, conversation, confrontation', to be presented at the joint Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET)/Esteem 'Scholarship of Engagement' Colloquium, The Open University, Walton Hall, 6 December. For details, see: open.ac.uk/creet/main/richard-holliman.

Holliman, R., Scanlon, E., Greenhill, A. and Ansine, J. (2011). 'Making an impact with academic research in the digitally mediated public sphere: exploring ideas about knowledge production, communication and engagement', workshop delivered at the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement's Annual Conference, Engage 2011, Bristol, 29 November.

Holliman, R., Scanlon, E., Whitelegg, E. and Carr, J. (2011). Teaching media literacy for science communication; learning from children, students, librarians and researchers, presented at the Media and Learning Conference, Flemish Ministry of Education Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, 24-25 November. Newsletter contribution: news.media-and-learning.eu/files/Media-and-Learning_News_2011-12.pdf

Holliman, R. (2011). 'Telling science stories in the new media ecosystem', presented at the Workshop on 'Science journalism and digital storytelling', International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy, 23 November. For details, see: mappetrieste.it/cms/workshop

Holliman, R. (2011). 'Communicating science in the information age: revisiting scholarship, reassessing media, rethinking public participation', keynote presented at the joint International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)/TWAS Workshop on 'Science communication in developing countries: Bridging the gap between science, policy and the general public', Trieste, Italy, 20 October.

Holliman, R. (2011). 'Communicating contested science', presented as part of the Science Communication Program, Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, 3 May.

Holliman, R. and Scanlon, E. (2011). 'The old, the new and the social: implications for media, scientific citizenship and public engagement', Media140: Frontiers Conference Exploring the impact of social technologies on science communication, Brisbane, Australia, 27 April.

PhD Thesis

Holliman, R. (2000). Representing science in the UK news media: 'Life on Mars?', cell nucleus replacement and Gulf War syndrome. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Faculty of Social Sciences, Milton Keynes: The Open University.


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Last updated August 2011