It Ain't Necessarily So How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality

Name: It Ain't Necessarily So How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality
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ISBN: 9780742510951

ISBN-10: 0742510956

ISBN-13: 9780742510951

Edition: 2001

Authors: David Murray, Joel Schwartz, S. Robert Lichter

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We all know the old adage. You can't believe everything you read. So why do we panic the minute The American Something or the Blah Blah Institute releases a new study proving that millions of Americans will die next year from inhalation of a gas none of us can even pronounce?

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/7/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.22" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

David Murray is the director of research at the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS). He has written articles for dozens of publications, including the "Wall Street Journal", "Washington Post", "Christian Science Monitor", & "Roll Call" & has appeared on various shows on the History Channel, CNN, NBC, ABC, & NPR. He lives in the Washington, DC metro area.

Joel Schwartz is affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) & is the author of several books. He lives in the Washington, DC metro area.

S. Robert Lichter is co-director of the nonpartisan Center for Media & Public Affairs (CMPA) & co-author of over 10 books, including "Peepshow". Lichter frequently appears on FOX News & Radio America. He lives in the Washington, DC, metro area.



Prologue


Introduction Making News and Making Sense: The News That's "Fit to Print"



The Ambiguity of News



The News That isn't There: Stories That Are--and Aren't--Covered



Much Ado About Little: Making News Mountains out of Research Molehills



The Ambiguity of Measurement



Bait and Switch: Understanding "Tomato" Statistics



The Perils of Proxies: Is There a There There?



Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? A Look at Statistics from Both Sides Now



Polls Apart: The Gertrude Stein Approach to Making Sense of Contradictory Surveys



The Reality and Rhetoric of Risk: Telling It Like It Is--and Isn't



Distinguishing "Reports" from Reality: Confusing the Map with the Territory



The Ambiguity of Explanation



Blaming the Messenger, Ignoring the Message: Do Motives Matter?



Tunnel Vision and Blind Spots: The Danger of Hedgehog Interpretations


Conclusion: Hard to Tell: Journalism, Science, and Public Policy--An Inherent Conflict?


Afterword: The Anthrax Feeding Frenzy


Notes


Bibliography


Index