Comments on: The past and future of science journalism http://www.reportr.net/2008/02/19/the-past-and-future-of-science-journalism/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ewellburn http://www.reportr.net/2008/02/19/the-past-and-future-of-science-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-340 ewellburn Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:51:32 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=462#comment-340 It's so important to society that journalism doesn't distort research results but there are so many disheartening examples. e.g. Jeffrey R. Young interviewed Aryn C. Karpinski, for an article in The Chronicle http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3711/does-facebook-lower-academic-performance-its-still-too-soon-to-say Basically, there had been reported hype about Facebook lowering academic performance which turned out to ve an overstatement of the researcher's early findings. How can we teach consumers to be critical thinkers who will reject the hype? http://elizabethtweets.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/media-and-scientific-interpretation/ It’s so important to society that journalism doesn’t distort research results but there are so many disheartening examples.
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Jeffrey R. Young interviewed Aryn C. Karpinski, for an article in The Chronicle

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3711/does-facebook-lower-academic-performance-its-still-too-soon-to-say

Basically, there had been reported hype about Facebook lowering academic performance which turned out to ve an overstatement of the researcher’s early findings.

How can we teach consumers to be critical thinkers who will reject the hype?

http://elizabethtweets.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/media-and-scientific-interpretation/

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