Communicating the Processes of Science to the News Media, Politcians, and the Public

dc.contributor.authorCairns, John Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-23T02:36:28Zen
dc.date.available2014-01-23T02:36:28Zen
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.description.abstractThe discourse between scientists and politicians and news media must be improved in order to communicate complex environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, ecological overshoot, or exponential population growth to the general public. The media trying to balance, or give both sides of the argument equal time, while the evidence may be massively one-sided could cause misunderstandings between scientists and the general pubic. This practice could be considered a form of bias because it distorts the information available. In order to resolve the misunderstanding and distrust between the two camps, the news media, politicians, and the public need to improve their understanding of scientific processes and scientists must better communicate how science works to the general public and its representatives.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25027en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.johncairns.net/Papers/Communicating.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherSociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistryen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectscientistsen
dc.subjectmediaen
dc.subjectscientific journalismen
dc.subjectclimategateen
dc.titleCommunicating the Processes of Science to the News Media, Politcians, and the Publicen
dc.title.serialIntegrated Environmental Assessment and Managementen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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