Science, Socrates and the media
There is no use denying it: whenever a scientist gets a piece of news in a newspaper or on television concerning his own field of research, eight times out of ten he feels irritated. The reason does not solely depend on the fact that, in his opinion, the news given to the public is often rather inac...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sissa Medialab
2002-06-01
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| Series: | JCOM: Journal of Science Communication |
| Online Access: | http://jcom.sissa.it/editorial/edit0102.pdf |
| Summary: | There is no use denying it: whenever a scientist gets a piece of news in a newspaper or on television concerning his own field of research, eight times out of ten he feels irritated. The reason does not solely depend on the fact that, in his opinion, the news given to the public is often rather inaccurate or centred on secondary aspects, sometimes even distorted. There is actually something more? Something deeper that the scientist can hardly grasp. |
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| ISSN: | 1824-2049 |