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Publication details [#64573]
Pilkington, Olga A. 2018. The fictionalized reader in popular science: reader engagement with the scientific community. Text & Talk 38 (6) : 753–774. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper suggests that the fictionalized reader as discerned in popular science represents a new approach to the incorporation of a reader into a non-fiction text. The fictionalized reader aids popular science authors elucidate scientific notions in more engaging terms and conduces to a more interactive and inclusive popularization model.