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Knowledge transfer: the medium and the message

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Using the vocabulary of communication, the defining characteristics shaping the transfer of social scientific knowledge are discussed. Social science is mundane, contingent, reflexive, non-cumulative and non-appropriable. These qualities mean that knowledge transfer for social science takes place in the public world; takes a variety of trajectories connecting thought, research and action; must be interactive and continuous; requires sophisticated speakers and listeners; and must choose the appropriate media. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • William Solesbury, 1994. "Knowledge transfer: the medium and the message," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 4(1), pages 55-58, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:4:y:1994:i:1:p:55-58
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    1. James A. Cunningham & Kristel Miller & Jose-Luis Perea-Vicente, 2024. "Academic entrepreneurship in the humanities and social sciences: a systematic literature review and research agenda," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 49(5), pages 1880-1913, October.

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