… 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. …

… The reporters interviewed described how their work exhibited the characteristics of the
proposed role categories of online science journalists, roles that we found to be not equivalent …

… In this situation, the most common in science journalism, the role of the science journalist
is … the controversy over the mmr vaccine should never have been presented as a debate …

… Mass media can play a crucial role in scientific controversies. This role goes way beyond …
John Maddox (a journalist originally trained as a physicist), scientific fraud investigator Walter …

… However, the more political and controversial the context, the less likely it is that journalists
will accept such an active role for scientists. Experts, on the other hand, seem to refer to …

… communication are the specific journalistic practices and media structures that might enable
… in politicized science controversies. In this commentary, we discuss the role that journalists …

… Writers for his coverage of the creationism-evolution controversy. He was a co-winner of
the … However, there are differences between these roles, too, since I believe the scientist-as-…

… science journalism to sort out public controversies about science in cases where the science
… While this article has stressed the role of journalism, science as it appears on television, in …

… diversity and complexity of journalistic role conceptions around the … journalist as a detached
observer who monitors government, thus performing both a conduit’s and a watchdog’s role. …

… More often, however, journalists put scientists in the expert role, relating their knowledge to
… He concludes from several case studies of expert controversies that journalists’ selection of …