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Reading List for Course on Science and Environmental Communication

by Matthew Nisbet on Feb 10, 2012 • 2 Comments
UPDATE: SEE THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS COURSE AND READING LIST FROM SPRING 2014 This semester, students from a diversity of majors at American University are participating in an advanced seminar I am teaching on science and environmental communication. For the first part of the semester, we are covering core issues and themes.  In the process,…

Study Maps the Relationship Between Cable News and Climate Change Perceptions

by Matthew Nisbet on Nov 9, 2011 • No Comments
A new study finds that Fox News tends to feature guests who doubt the reality of climate change and stories that dismiss the need for action, while CNN and MSNBC tend to feature guests who assert the reality of climate change and the need for action.  Interestingly, however, Fox tends to devote more attention to…

How Scientists View the Public, the Media, and the Political Process

by Matthew Nisbet on Sep 25, 2011 • 9 Comments
Most scientists in the US and UK blame public ignorance of science for flawed policy preferences and political choices. They tend to be critical of media coverage, yet rate favorably their own experience with the media.  Scientists say policy-makers and journalists are the most important groups to engage and view the public as having secondary…

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