Social responsibility and science news
Subtitle: four case studies
By: Robert A. Logan with Lillie M. Fears and Nancy Fraser Wilson.
Contributors: Fears, Lillie M.; Wilson, Nancy Fraser.; Media Institute (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: Media Institute
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Journalistic ethics -- Case studies.; Science news -- Case studies.; Mass media -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248).
Table of contents: value: 1. Bad burger outbreak : how the news media covered death and illness from eating hamburgers; value: 2. Irradiation : how the news media covered a controversial technology to improve food safety; value: 3. Necrotizing fasciitis : how the news media covered a flesh-altering infection; value: 4. Electromagnetic fields : how the news media covered an uncertain medical risk.