I think we have a responsibility to try to point out the different implications of new research, rather than not writing about them. With the topic of PMS, some people interpreted it as another sign that women are all a little bit crazy. Other people interpreted it as finally taking seriously these symptoms that some...
Tag - science communication
The Freeman/Mead affair is not the first time that the press went for symbols rather than substance in science. Press critics note in coverage of scientific controversies a heavy reliance on official or well-established scientific experts. One study contends, for example, that California reporters missed the story on...