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May 21, 2003

Scientists speak, public misunderstand?

When scientists speak, do the public always hear the right message? Good question - and one tackled by the UK's Economic & Social Research Council in a new 64-page report entitled Towards a better map: Science, the public and the media. The report is at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/esrccontent/DownloadDocs/Mapdocfinal.pdf . The report examines public misconceptions about three key science stories recently hot in the UK media - on climate change, genetics and the safety of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. There is an associated press release, Public Duped By Media Over MMR, at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/esrccontent/news/may03-8.asp. Posted by belinda at May 21, 2003 10:42 AM
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