Communicating Uncertainty

Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science
Herausgeber: Dunwoody, Sharon; Rogers, Carol L.; Friedman, Sharon M.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the interactions that swirl around scientific uncertainty and its coverage by the mass media, this volume breaks new ground by looking at these issues from three different perspectives: that of communication scholars who have studied uncertainty in a number of ways; that of science journalists who have covered these issues; and that of scientists who have been actively involved in researching uncertain science and talking to reporters about it. In particular, Communicating Uncertainty examines how well the mass media convey to the public the complexities, ambiguities, and controversies that are part of scientific uncertainty. In addition to its new approach to scientific uncertainty and mass media interactions, this book distinguishes itself in the quality of work it assembles by some of the best known science communication scholars in the world. This volume continues the exploration of interactions between scientists and journalists that the three coeditors first documented in their highly successful volume, Scientists and Journalists: Reporting Science as News, which was used for many years as a text in science journalism courses around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780805827286
• ISBN-10: 0805827285
• Artikelnr.: 21927004

Autorenporträt

Edited by Sharon M. Friedman, Sharon Dunwoody, Carol L. Rogers

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Interpreting Uncertainty.S.C. Zehr
Scientists' Representations of Uncertainty. S.H. Stocking
How Journalists Deal With Scientific Uncertainty. E. Einsiedel
B. Thorne
Public Responses to Uncertainty. S. Dunwoody
Scientists
Journalists
and the Meaning of Uncertainty. P.M. Boffey
J.E. Rodgers
S.H. Schneider
Interpreting Uncertainty: A Panel Discussion. Part II: Science in the Public Arena.S.H. Priest
Popular Beliefs
Media
and Biotechnology. S.M. Friedman
The Never-Ending Story of Dioxin. D.E. Chubin
An Uncertain Social Contract: The Case of Human Resources for Science. D. Blum
Reporting on the Changing Science of Human Behavior. D. Dumanoski
W.H. Farland
S. Krimsky
Science in the Public Arena: A Panel Discussion. Part III: Beyond the Basics.C.L. Rogers
The Importance of Understanding Audiences. K.E. Rowan
Effective Explanation of Uncertain and Complex Science. R.J. Griffin
Using Systematic Thinking to Choose and Evaluate Evidence. R.R. Colwell
P. Girshman
C.B. Marrett
P. Raeburn
F.S. Rowland
T. Siegfried
Beyond the Basics: A Roundtable Discussion.