Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 1981

What the Public Needs to Know about Science and Technology: A Report to the Club of Vienna

Jacques Richardson UNESCO

Abstract

In a world in which the relationship between science and technology and global problems becomes more intimate each day, we are called upon to deal with new issues. In order to do this effectively, we must know more about the science and technology underlying these problems. It is the task of certain segments of the information media to help their audiences perceive and understand the scientific and technical basis of improved nutrition and health, the limitations of some natural resources and how to cope with these constraints, the machine and computer environment in which we live and which will become ever more complex as microelectronic devices spread throughout our economies — to give only a few examples of the problems we all share.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
1981-10-01
DOI
10.2190/vm1q-pc9r-5xa3-m9mq
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Open Access
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digital rhetoric
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