A tactical guide to science journalism lessons from the front lines / edited by Deborah Blum, Ashley Smart, and Tom Zeller Jr., Product Editor Scott Veale.
| Other author | Blum, Deborah, 1954- |
| Other author | Smart, Ashley. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiii, 345 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Abstract | "The veteran journalist Tim Radford, who headed up the science desk at the UK's Guardian newspaper for more than two decades, was once interviewed by a government committee charged with investigating the fragile relationship between "science and society." In a lengthy report submitted to the House of Lords in February, 2000, the committee noted that the public's faith in both science and government had been shaken over the preceding years - in part by an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, colloquially known as "mad cow disease." This and the swift rise of biotechnology, the burgeoning internet age, and other fast-moving manifestations of human ingenuity, it was determined, were creating an air of anxiety and mistrust"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021057624 |
| ISBN | 9780197551509 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |