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

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  • Formāts: Book, 256 pages
  • Izdošanas datums: 15-Jul-2002
  • Izdevniecība: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN-10: 0585379904
  • ISBN-13: 9780585379906
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  • Formāts: Book, 256 pages
  • Izdošanas datums: 15-Jul-2002
  • Izdevniecība: Rowman & Littlefield
  • ISBN-10: 0585379904
  • ISBN-13: 9780585379906
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The authors use hard data and science to debunk a number of common misconceptions surrounding missing children, cell phones, breast implants, AIDS, cancer, radiation, vitamins, and violent crime rates, among many other topics.
Prologue vii
Introduction Making News And Making Sense
The News That's ``Fit to Print''
1(16)
PART I THE AMBIGUITY OF NEWS
The News That Isn't There
Stones That Are---and Aren't---Covered
17(18)
Much Ado About Little
Making News Mountains out of Research Molehills
35(22)
PART II THE AMBIGUITY OF MEASUREMENT
Bait And Switch
Understanding ``Tomato'' Statistics
57(14)
The Perils Of Proxies
Is There a There There?
71(14)
Is The Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
A Look at Statistics from Both Sides Now
85(12)
Polls Apart
The Gertrude Stein Approach to Making Sense of Contradictory Surveys
97(18)
The Reality And Rhetoric Of Risk
Telling It Like It Is---and Isn't
115(18)
Distinguishing ``Reports'' From Reality
Confusing the Map with the Territory
133(14)
PART III THE AMBIGUITY OF EXPLANATION
Blaming The Messenger, Ignoring The Message
Do Motives Matter?
147(16)
Tunnel Vision And Blind Spots
The Danger of Hedgehog Interpretations
163(12)
Conclusion HARD TO TELL
Journalism, Science, and Public Policy---An Inherent Conflict?
175(22)
Notes 197(36)
Bibliography 233(8)
Index 241(8)
About the Authors 249