On 20 October, the first session in the Democratizing Science seminar was led by Leah Ceccarelli, Associate Professor in Communication.Discussion was based on having read the following articles:
Leah Ceccarelli, “Manufactroversy: The Art of Creating Controversy Where None Existed,” Science Progress (Spring/Summer 2008): 82-84.
David Michaels, “Knowing Uncertainty for What It Is: In Reporting on the Science of Global Warming, Journalists Contend with Powerful, Well-Funded Forces Using Strategies Created by Tobacco Companies,” Neiman Reports (Winter 2005): 75-77.
Naomi Oreskes, “Anti-Realism in Government. Book Review of Chris Mooney’s The Republican War on Science,” Science 310 (7 October 2005): 56.
Listen to an audio recording (mp3) of the discussion.
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