… Journalists' use of these claims appeared to vary largely as a function of their … journalistic
roles and of their audiences, though their knowledge of science also appeared to play a role. …

… that the ways in which journalist cover (or don’t cover) ignorance claims are likely to reflect,
… of the significant role that journalists play in the social construction of scientific ignorance. …

… In developing these arguments, we seek to draw attention to both the creation (or construction)
of scientific ignorance and to its dissemination (and reconstruction) through the news …

… Indeed, Lisa Holstein and I found anecdotal evidence to that effect in the work we did on the
construction of ignorance in scientists' and journalists' accounts (Stocking & Holstein, 1993). …

… The approach within popular science journalism of >portraying relevance within and
outside science< offers particularly broad scope for journalistic evaluations such as >hinting at …

Decades of research attest to the strong positive association between an individual's
socioeconomic status (SES) and his or her level of political knowledge. This study shows that …

… examines the normative role of constructive journalism—also called “solutions journalism”—by …
[…] Misdeeds often persist because people are ignorant of ways to address them more …

… construction of ignorance and raises the possibility for the development of a sociology of
scientific ignorance (… ignorance should enable us to notice that journalists do not always reduce …

… of the relationship between ignorance and power in the … , The Unknowers shows that strategic
ignorance has not only long … where the boundary between ignorance and knowledge lies. …

… the overall representation of minority journalists and of their impact news … journalists of color,
with African-American journalists making up less than 5 percent of all newspaper journalists …