Media, Risk and Science

* How is science represented by the media?* Who defines what counts as a risk, threat or hazard, and why?* In what ways do media images of science shape public perceptions?* What can cultural and media studies tell us about current scientific controversies?Media, Risk and Science is an exciting exploration into an array of important issues, providing a much needed framework for understanding key debates on how the media represent science and risk. In a highly effective way, Stuart Allan weaves together insights from multiple strands of research across diverse disciplines. Among the themes he examines are: the role of science in science fiction, such as Star Trek; the problem of 'pseudo-science' in The X-Files; and how science is displayed in science museums. Science journalism receives particular attention, with the processes by which science is made 'newsworthy' unravelled for careful scrutiny. The book also includes individual chapters devoted to how the media portray environmental risks, HIV-AIDS, food scares (such as BSE or 'mad cow disease' and GM foods) and human cloning. The result is a highly topical text that will be invaluable for students and scholars in cultural and media studies, science studies, journalism, sociology and politics.

Politics & Social Sciences

Stuart Allan

Social Sciences

Open University Press

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Benchmark Oregon: Road & Recreation Atlas - Third Edition

To observe that certain words are central to communication research is to prompt interesting questions about their influence. In taking such key words - or keywords - as its organizing theme, this book invites a careful reconsideration of several premises underpinning the vocabulary we use to document, describe and critique the world around us. Each of the book's contributors makes the case for an enhanced awareness of the ways in which words shape the nature of our inquiries. Their shared aim is to illuminate unexpected contours of our otherwise familiar terms in order to encourage fresh perspectives, and thereby reinvigorate current thinking. Words matter, these contributors show us, and somethimes for reasons that prove to be rather suprising.

Rethinking Communication: Keywords in Communication Research (International Communication Association Theme Book Series)

Hampton Press, Inc.

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Media, Risk and Science

Benchmark Utah Road & Recreation Atlas

Benchmark Oregon: Road & Recreation Atlas - Third Edition

Rethinking Communication: Keywords in Communication Research (International Communication Association Theme Book Series)