Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

[Barry Karr <SkeptInq@AOL.COM>]

SCIENCE AND THE MEDIA



The Controversy Over Stem Cell Research and Medical Cloning:
Tracking the Rise and Fall of Science in the Public Eye

Matthew Nisbet
April 2, 2004

http://www.csicop.org/scienceandmedia/controversy/

Nisbet, assistant professor of Journalism and Communication at The
Ohio State University, summarizes findings from a recent published
study on media coverage of stem cell research, and outlines a
framework for understanding how the press is likely to cover science
controversy.



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