"emerging data suggest that, in some circumstances, the media reporting of science is surprisingly accurate and portrays a message created by the scientific community. As such, there are reasons to believe that the hyping of research might be part of a more systemic problem associated with the increasingly commercial nature of the research environment."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21776
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Pages 145-172 in Sandra Braman (ed), Biotechnology and communication: the meta-technologies of information. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey. 287 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06834
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Pages 40-67 in LeeAnn Kahlor and Patricia A. Stout (eds.), Communicating science: new agendas in communication. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York, NY. 265 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28081
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Pages 133-141 in Martin W. Bauer and Massimiano Bucchi (eds.), Journalism, science and society: science communication between news and public relations. Routledge, New York, New York. 286 pages.
Via online., Author described favorable media coverage and public relations support for new crop biotechnologies announced - and lack of scientific evidence of effectiveness during the following 18 years.
