Interviewed scientists express tolerance of lay views and reference their own lay experience while minimizing the scientific value of lay views as scientists. Authors identify a "superior capacity" model that "seems to serve interviewed scientists rather well; they retain their scientific autonomy without contradicting the assumption of funding agencies and others that laypeople have salient knowledge."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25759
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346 pages., Experiences of Dr. Jo Ann Burkholder and associates in trying to alert the scientific and general public to dangers posed by a toxic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria. Confinement swine operations involved in polluting water systems.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16797
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Thesis, Master of Arts, University of Missouri. 97 pages, Examines the beliefs of the ag media, farmers, land grant researchers and government agency personal concerning sustainable agriculture.
Stocking, S. Holly (author) and Holstein, Lisa W. (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
2006-06-23
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36639
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Presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Journalism Studies Interest Group, Dresden, Germany, June 19-23, 2006. 38 pages., Journal article of same title appeared in Public Understanding of Science 18 : 23-42 (2009).
