"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 Box: 139 Document Number: D05910
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Pages 19-37 in Liverman,D.G.E., Pereira, C.P.G. and Marker, B. (eds) Communicating environmental geoscience. Special Publication 305, Geological Society, London, U.K.
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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25906
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Report of a session, "Science versus business - a clash of cultures," at the 5th World Congress of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia, on April 16-20, 2007. 1 page.
International: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11692
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2 pages., Online from organization website., In an online event, United Nations leaders and others emphasize importance of free, independent, fact-based journalism at the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2020."I takes journalism to communicate the findings of scientists and disseminate real and reliable information and counter fake news that is dangerous to people's lives and to efforts to contain the spread of the (COVID-19) pandemic."
