2. The uneasy Relationshp between Science and the Media - (Reprinted with Kind Permission from the Conversation)
Way off balance: science and the mainstream media When a relationship goes off course, it can be hard to refocus attention. Digitalnative Stephan Lewandowsky , University of Bristol and Steven Sherwood , UNSW THE STATE OF SCIENCE: Has there been a communication breakdown between science and the media and, if so, is the damage terminal? In the concluding instalment of our series, Stephan Lewandowsky and Steve Sherwood take the pulse of a troubled relationship. Some marriages are made in heaven, others end in divorce. And then there are those that drag on until both partners have One Foot in the Grave. What about the marriage between science and the media? Few would think it was made in heaven. And parts of the media probably deserve to be divorced for reasons that have already been discussed on The Conversation . That leaves most of science and much of the media in an uneasy and never-ending alliance much like the Mildrews ...