And along similar lines, the daring www.medialens.org.
Vanessa Spedding
On 17/10/02 9:38 am, "Alexander Hellemans" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> An interesting website is www.prwatch.org Although it covers the
> manipulation of the press and public opinion in general, a large part is
> devoted to science and health issues.
>
> Alexander Hellemans
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> From: "pspgln" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:40 AM
> Subject: Critical media reading
>
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am writing a couple of lectures for 1st year psychology students
> designed to
>> help them read or view media accounts of research more critically. It
> occurs
>> to me that other people must have given some lectures and will be able to
>> recommend some readings or perhaps supply some particularly horrendous
>> examples. I also want to help them understand the kind of media pressures
>> that cause people to report research in a way that is misleading.
>>
>> Lesley Newson
>>
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