"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: C20222
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Posted on: <a href="http://www.ruralreality.org/ruralreality/pitts_statement.html">www.ruralreality.org</a>, Comments at a press conference, Willow Street, Pennsylvania