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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Main Author: Greco Pietro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab 2002-06-01
Series:JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
Online Access:http://jcom.sissa.it/editorial/edit0102.pdf
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spelling doaj-d76a15a19d1f465ebbba8826df908e572020-11-25T02:55:16ZengSissa MedialabJCOM: Journal of Science Communication1824-20492002-06-0112Science, Socrates and the mediaGreco PietroThere 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. http://jcom.sissa.it/editorial/edit0102.pdf
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