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