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    7. Trust, bias and fairness of information sources for biotechnology issues

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wingenbach, Gary J. (author) and Rutherford, Tracy A. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23440
    Journal Title:
    AgBioForum
    Journal Title Details:
    8(4) : 213-220
    Notes:
    8 p., What do journalists think about information source trustworthiness, bias, and fairness in communicating agricultural biotechnology issues? Fifty Texas journalists and 40 national agriculture journalists representing newspapers and television media responded to this study. Journalists believed university scientists/researchers and newspapers were trustworthy, unbiased, and fair, while activist groups were untrustworthy, completely biased, and unfair in communicating agricultural biotechnology issues. They were most opposed to public opinion outweighing scientists' opinions when making decisions about scientific research. A substantial positive correlation occurred between national agriculture journalists' attitudes toward democratic processes in science (i.e., the extent that public opinion is considered in scientific decision-making processes) and trust in newspapers.

    8. Why everybody is a reporter

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Romano, Allison (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2005-08-22
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23584
    Journal Title:
    Broadcasting and Cable
    Journal Title Details:
    135(34) : 14
    Notes:
    Examines issues related to the growing number of citizen journalists using Web logs (or blogs) and creating their own mini news organizations.