Authors follow the notion that ignorance is not simply the absence of knowledge, but rather has its own configurations. They use examples to illustrate how interest groups and news media "appropriate and emphasize those ignorance claims that advance and protect their own particular concerns." Examples include Alar pesticide and tobacco.
Eide, Elisabeth (author) and Hahn, Oliver (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2017
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08858
Notes:
Pages 235-256 in Kunelius, Risto Eide, Elisabeth Tegelberg, Matthew Yagodin, Dmitry (eds.), Media and global climate knowledge: journalism and the IPCC. United States: Palgrave Macmillan, New York City, New York. 309 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29123
Notes:
Via Knight Science Journalism Tracker. 1 page., Reviews coverage by the Anchorage Daily News and New York Times about uses of wind energy in rural Alaska.
Massarani, Luisa (author), Buys, Bruno (author), Henrique Amorium, Luis (author), and Veneu, Fernando (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Italy
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28077
Notes:
Pages 71-79 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., Refers to coverage of issues such as BSE and genetically modified organisms.
