Am I Making Myself Clear?: A Scientist's Guide to Talking to the Public - Rilegato

Dean, Cornelia

 
9780674036352: Am I Making Myself Clear?: A Scientist's Guide to Talking to the Public
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ISBN 10: 0674036352 ISBN 13: 9780674036352
Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 2009

Sinossi

What we don’t know can hurt us—and does so every day. Climate change, health care policy, weapons of mass destruction, an aging infrastructure, stem cell research, endangered species, space exploration—all affect our lives as citizens and human beings in practical and profound ways. But unless we understand the science behind these issues, we cannot make reasonable decisions—and worse, we are susceptible to propaganda cloaked in scientific rhetoric.

To convey the facts, this book suggests, scientists must take a more active role in making their work accessible to the media, and thus to the public. In Am I Making Myself Clear? Cornelia Dean, a distinguished science editor and reporter, urges scientists to overcome their institutional reticence and let their voices be heard beyond the forum of scholarly publication. By offering useful hints for improving their interactions with policymakers, the public, and her fellow journalists, Dean aims to change the attitude of scientists who scorn the mass media as an arena where important work is too often misrepresented or hyped. Even more important, she seeks to convince them of the value and urgency of communicating to the public.

Am I Making Myself Clear? shows scientists how to speak to the public, handle the media, and describe their work to a lay audience on paper, online, and over the airwaves. It is a book that will improve the tone and content of debate over critical issues and will serve the interests of science and society.

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A Scientist's Guide to Talking to the Public

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Editore
Harvard Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2009
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0674036352
ISBN 13 
9780674036352
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
274
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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9780674066052: Am I Making Myself Clear?: A Scientist's Guide to Talking to the Public

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0674066057 ISBN 13:  9780674066052
Casa editrice: Harvard University Press, 2012
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