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It Ain't Necessarily So
How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality
It Ain't Necessarily So
How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality
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Airplane crashes. The AIDS epidemic. Presidential election polls and voting results. Global warming. The latest cancer scare. All these news stories require scientific savvy first, to report, and then-for news consumers-to understand. It Ain't Necessarily So cuts through the miasma surrounding media reporting of scientific studies, surveys, and statistics. Whether the problem is bad science, media politics, or a simple lack of information or knowledge, this book gives news consumers the tools to penetrate the hype and dig out the facts. Don't stop flying, run to the doctor, or change your diet before reading It Ain't Necessarily So.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 The Ambiguity of News
Chapter 3 The News That Isn't There: Stories that Are-And Aren't-Covered
Chapter 4 Much Ado about Little: Making News Mountains Out of Research Molehills
Part 5 The Ambiguity of Measurement
Chapter 6 Bait and Switch: Understanding "Tomato" Statistics
Chapter 7 The Perils of Proxies: Is There a There There?
Chapter 8 Is The Glass Half Empty or Half Full? A Look at Statistics from Both Sides Now
Chapter 9 Polls Apart: The Gertrude Stein Approach to Making Sense of Contradictory Surveys
Chapter 10 The Reality and Rhetoric of Risk: Telling It Like It Is- and Isn't
Chapter 11 Distinguishing Reports From Reality
Part 12 The Ambiguity of Explanation
Chapter 13 Blaming the Messenger, Ignoring the Message
Chapter 14 Tunnel Visions and Blind Spots: The Danger of Hedgehog Interpretations
Chapter 15 Conclusion: "Hard to Tell": Journalism, Science, and Public Policy-An Inherent Conflict?
Part 2 The Ambiguity of News
Chapter 3 The News That Isn't There: Stories that Are-And Aren't-Covered
Chapter 4 Much Ado about Little: Making News Mountains Out of Research Molehills
Part 5 The Ambiguity of Measurement
Chapter 6 Bait and Switch: Understanding "Tomato" Statistics
Chapter 7 The Perils of Proxies: Is There a There There?
Chapter 8 Is The Glass Half Empty or Half Full? A Look at Statistics from Both Sides Now
Chapter 9 Polls Apart: The Gertrude Stein Approach to Making Sense of Contradictory Surveys
Chapter 10 The Reality and Rhetoric of Risk: Telling It Like It Is- and Isn't
Chapter 11 Distinguishing Reports From Reality
Part 12 The Ambiguity of Explanation
Chapter 13 Blaming the Messenger, Ignoring the Message
Chapter 14 Tunnel Visions and Blind Spots: The Danger of Hedgehog Interpretations
Chapter 15 Conclusion: "Hard to Tell": Journalism, Science, and Public Policy-An Inherent Conflict?
Product details
| Published | Jul 15 2002 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9780585379906 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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