Monday, January 31, 2011

Science blogging in theory and practice: Who writes health news?

This is fantastic work looking into the media, journalists and the quality of their reporting. HIGHLY recommend it!

Science blogging in theory and practice: Who writes health news?: "In times of financial difficulties, health reporters are usually the first to be let go. This is especially true if they actually know somet..."
Posted by Statgirl Tells The Truth at 4:51 PM

4 comments:

  1. Statgirl Tells The TruthJanuary 31, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    This is a great post by a doctoral student studying media reporting of science.

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  2. Hadas ShemaFebruary 4, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Thank you very much for reccing my post:) I hope you continue you blog. Unfortunately, there are way too many "Facebook makes you..." headlines for the good people to sit and do nothing.

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  3. Statgirl Tells The TruthFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    @ Hadas You're welcome. Your work is REALLY important. Even more so because Americans seem not to be taught logic, critical thinking and statistics in a way that makes sense to them later in life. Dice, cards and marbles in a jar don't translate well into reading news articles.

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  4. Hadas ShemaFebruary 6, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    Oh, Israelis tend to be just as ignorant about everything in general and about statistics in particular.I suspect that's how it is in other places as well(perhaps except Korea...).

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