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The communication of scientific knowledge in society : the role of the media

In that view the jobe of science journalism is not only to translate scientific speech into everyday language... Why should the media report on science-and how? Increasingly scientific influence is regarded as risky or even dangerous, be informed about these kinds of science. And where science itsel...

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Autor principal: Göpfert, W
Lenguaje:eng
eng
Publicado: CERN 1999
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/403466
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Sumario:In that view the jobe of science journalism is not only to translate scientific speech into everyday language... Why should the media report on science-and how? Increasingly scientific influence is regarded as risky or even dangerous, be informed about these kinds of science. And where science itself is under scrutiny, media have to provide arguments and room or time for discussion. for example nuclear power or genetic engineering. Societies have to decide on such issues and therefore people have to