Science and the Media by Snyder, Peter J.; Mayes, Linda C.; Spencer, Dennis;

Short description:

Offers an overview and analysis of the difficulties of dealing with mass media and collects tips and solutions. This book includes case studies from the experience of a number of high profile contributors from different fields.

Long description:

Of great utility for every scientist faced with publicizing their discoveries via the media, this book addresses questions of responsibility for the balance and accuracy of scientific reporting, and attempts to be a guide for the scientist in their quest to inform the general public about their research in honest, truthful, and still interesting ways. Case studies by leading scholars in the fields of bioethics (pharmaceutical research (Declan Doogan, Senior VP Pfizer), medical journal editing (Jerome Kassirer, former editor of NEJM), science journalism, philosophy of science, history of medicine (John Warner, chair history of medicine Yale), public health (Ruth Katz, Dean public health, George Washington University), and philosophy of religion (Reverend Wesley Carr, former Dean of Westminster) illustrate positions and points of view and offer unique perspectives on the complex dance between science and the media.

• Provides a compelling overview and analysis of the difficulties of dealing with mass media and collects tips and solutions.
• Includes case studies from the experience of a number of high-profile contributors from different fields
• Provides an easy-to-read, carefully selected and synthesized overview well suited to teaching and as further reading source in respective classes
• Includes a famous movie from Jose Delgado that shows his attempts in the 60s to demonstrate "remote control" of a bull

Table of Contents:

1Snyder, Mayes: Introduction: The Ethics of Scientific Disclosure
2John Warner, History of Medicine, Yale: Medicine, Media and the Dramaturgy of Biomedical Research: Historical Perspectives
3Snyder: Delgado's Brave Bulls: The Marketing of a Seductive Idea and a Lesson for Contemporary Biomedical Science
4Dennis Spencer, Neurosurgery, Yale: Adrenal Transplantation for Parkinson's Disease
5Peter Fonagy, University College London: The Use of SSRIs in the Treatment of Childhood Depression: A Scientific Dialectic
6David Smith, Yale Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project, Aaron Klink, Duke University School of Divinity, and Julius Landwirth, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale: Media Coverage of Stem Cell Research
7Jerome Kassirer, Tufts: Medicine's Obsession with Disclosure of Financial Conflicts: Fixing the Wrong Problem
8Declan Doogan, Pfizer: In Support of Industry
-Sponsored Clinical Research
9The Very Reverenc Wesley Carr, Romsey, UK: Prevailing Truth: The Interface Between Religion and Science
10Patricia Shipman, Dept Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University: Science Meets Fundamentalist Religion
11Ruth Katz, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University: Uneasy Alliance: The Intersection of Government Science, Politics and Policymaking
12Robert Levine, Yale Center for Bioethics: On The Relations Between Scientists and Journalist: Reflections by an Ethicist
13Laura Spinnney, Science Journalist, London: Don't Shoot the Messenger
14Harry McConnell, Ashley Pardy, Australia: Future Trends in Medical Research Publishing
15Peter Snyder, Linda Mayes, Dennis Spencer: Conclusion: The Ethics of Scientific Disclosure