As I have traveled across the country over the past year giving talks on new directions in science communication, one of my recommendations to science institutions and organizations has been […]
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Ten months ago the patterns of attacks among some of the leading personalities at Fox News were already emerging.With Barack Obama’s win tonight in Iowa, expect the character attacks, innuendo, […]
In an editorial at this week’s Science, editor Donald Kennedy raises concerns that religion has come to dominate the presidential race and argues that instead science should have an equal […]
At the History News Network, my American University colleague Lenny Steinhorn teams up with his brother Charles, a professor of Mathematics at Vassar College, to point out the misleading nature […]
Did you know that while an Illinois Senator that Barack Obama successfully passed major bills on crime, ethics, campaign finance reform, and low wage work? And that these accomplishments reveal […]
When a candidate falters, the first person blamed is the chief campaign strategist. Six months ago Clinton’s top adviser Mark Penn could do no wrong. He was the guru of […]
At Time magazine, a focus on who will break out of the pack?!As the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary approaches, it’s all horse race all the time in the […]
Excerpt from coal and utility advertisement run in KansasBack in November, by framing their advertising appeals in terms of economic competitiveness and patriotism, a coal company and utility effectively promoted […]
If anyone knows their way around airports, it’s Frank Luntz. The language maestro estimates he logs 300,000 miles a year and stays in 100 hotels as he jets around the […]
Starting in the 1970s, historians, sociologists, and anthropologists began to apply their methods and theories to understanding the processes and assumptions that shape the production of scientific knowledge and technology. […]
Advisers worry that Benedict is not as media savvy as John Paul.Religion like science does not speak for itself, it needs to be carefully communicated with the media and specific […]
Back in 2005 when I spent a month as a visiting scholar at Dresden Technical University in Germany, I was stunned to be told by several graduate students that in […]
Mike Huckabee plays guitar and jokes about his weight on The Tonight Show.Last night on Jay Leno, Mike Huckabee put in the best late night performance in presidential history, potentially […]
Here we go again…another book telling us why religious belief is illogical. Shocker! But this time it’s from one of my favorite writers, John Allen Paulos. It will be interesting […]
On January 4, the National Academies will release its revised and updated report on Science, Evolution, & Creationism. After the news conference that day, the booklet and brochure will be […]
For readers on campus or in the area, on Monday I will be giving a lecture hosted by the Program in Science, Technology, & Environmental Policy (STEP) at Princeton University’s […]
Artist rendition of nanobot assisting in reproduction.As I highlighted last week, in the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology my colleague Dietram Scheufele is the lead author on a survey analysis […]
Dear readers,I have spent the weekend battling a major case of the flu and unfortunately tomorrow’s Framing Science talk at Princeton University has been postponed. I am hoping it can […]
Pew has released its annual analysis of the top 20 most followed news stories of the year by the public. Pew pairs the survey data with a summary of their […]
In the Sunday NY Times Book Review, the conservative satirist PJ O’Rourke reviews Taylor Clark’s Starbucked, an investigative and sociological look at the rise of America’s most prominent coffee chain.For […]
A X-Mas GoracleIn an editorial in the latest issue of the journal Climatic Change, Simon Donner argues that scientists need to join with religious leaders in communicating the urgency of […]
This fall in the sophomore-level course I teach on “Communication and Society,” we spent several weeks examining the many ways that individuals and groups are using the internet to alter […]
This fall in the sophomore-level course I teach on “Communication and Society,” we spent several weeks examining the many ways that individuals and groups are using the internet to alter […]
[Image from Salon.com feature on panelist Barbara J. King]Full details are now available for the previously announced panel on Communicating Science in a Religious America at February’s AAAS meetings in […]
“Sandwalk” blogger Larry MoranIf the blog debate that ensued after publication of our article at Science showed anything, it was just how widely misunderstood the concept of framing might be. […]
Each Monday evening in November, AAAS is sponsoring a series of panel discussions on major issues in science and technology policy. The panels are hosted by NPR reporters Joe Palca […]
The studios of Point of InquiryFor those in the DC area, Wednesday evening I will be speaking at the one year anniversary of the Center for Inquiry’s Public Policy office […]
Pundits and journalists continue to speculate about whether or not conservative Republicans will get strongly behind a Rudy Giuliani presidential run. As it stands right now, according to a recent […]
Pew has posted advertising revenue analysis for major magazines over the past year. Not surprisingly, the “big three” news magazines continue to suffer, other mags such as The New Yorker […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson understands the central role of framing in communication and it’s a major reason that Tyson is perhaps the most effective science popularizer of his generation. In a […]