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It ain't necessarily so : how media make and unmake the scientific picture of reality
- Title
- It ain't necessarily so : how media make and unmake the scientific picture of reality / by David Murray, Joel Schwartz, and S. Robert Lichter.
- Author
- Murray, David, 1946-
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN4784.T3 M87 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 249 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Uses hard data and science to debunk a number of common misconceptions surrounding topics including missing children, cell phones, breast implants, AIDS, cancer, radiation, vitamins, and violent crime rates.
- Subject
- Science journalism
- Journalism > Objectivity
- Science
- Journalism
- Science
- Journalism
- sciences (philosophy)
- journalism
- science (modern discipline)
- Journalism > Objectivity
- Science journalism
- Objektivität
- Wissenschaftspublizistik
- Wetenschapsjournalistiek
- Pseudowetenschap
- Statistisch onderzoek
- Misleiding
- Journalism, Scientific
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : making news and making sense : the news that's "fit to print" -- pt. I. The ambiguity of news. The news that isn't there : stories that are, and aren't, covered -- Much ado about little : making news mountains out of research molehills -- pt. II. The ambiguity of measurement. Bait and switch : understanding "tomato" statistics -- The perils of proxies : is there a there there? -- Is the glass half empty or half full? : a look at statistics from both sides now -- Polls apart : the Gertrude Stein approach to making sense of contradictory surveys -- The reality and rhetoric of risk : telling it like it is, and isn't -- Distinguishing "reports" from reality : confusing the map with the territory -- pt. III. The ambiguity of explanation. Blaming the messenger, ignoring the message : do motives matter? -- Tunnel vision and blind spots : the danger of hedgehog interpretations -- Hard to tell : journalism, science, and public policy : an inherent conflict?
- ISBN
- 0742510956
- 9780742510951
- LCCN
- 00066464
- OCLC
- ocm45446211
- 45446211
- SCSB-1210764
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library