Editorial:
On the roles of scientists, press officers and journalists. -- Emma Weitkamp.

Articles:
1. Slovenian social scientists’ understanding of public knowledge and participation in sustainable development: from deficit to mutual learning. -- Pika Zaloznik.
2. Delivering the message: a theoretical study on designing science content for nature-based experiences. -- Sanha Kim.
3. Is it my responsibility or theirs? Risk communication about antibiotic resistance in the Swedish daily press. -- Gustav Bohlin, Gunnar E. Höst.
4. War, anxiety, optimism and triumph: a study on science in the main Brazilian TV news. -- Yurij Castelfranchi, Luisa Massarani, Marina Ramalho.
5. Science blogging: an exploratory study of motives, styles, and audience reactions. -- Merja Mahrt, Cornelius Puschmann.
6. Types of knowledge in science-based practices. -- Nelius Boshoff.
7. Films and Science: quantification and analysis of the use of Science Fiction films in scientific papers. -- Luciano Guillermo Levin, Daniela De Filippo.

Comment:
Public communication from research institutes: is it science communication or public relations? -- Rebecca B. Carver.
1. Press releases — the new trend in science communication. -- Charlotte Autzen.
2. Research institutions: neither doing science communication nor promoting ‘public’ relations. -- Michel Claessens.
3. The changing rationale of science communication: a challenge to scientific autonomy. -- Frank Marcinkowski, Matthias Kohring.
4. Public relations as science communication. -- Matt Shipman.

Conference Review:
1. PSCT 2014. -- Helen Featherstone.
2. Observations of PCST2014. -- Nancy Longnecker.
3. Communicating Science for social inclusion and political engagement: reflections on the PCST Conference, Brazil 2014. -- Astrid Treffry-Goatley.

Book Review:
Who’s Asking? Native Science, Western Science, and Science Education. -- Emily Dawson.