Analyzed the content of four major U.S. newspapers, 1992 through 2001, in terms of their coverage of conflicts of interest in science. Types of conflict of interest: financial, professional and personal. Examples include the relationship between research institutions and the tobacco industry.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29915
Notes:
Pages 35-49 in Richard Holliman, Jeff Thomas, Sam Smidt, Eileen Scanlon and Elizabeth Whitelegg (eds.), Practising science communication in the information age: theorizing professional practices. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. 238 pages.
Shulman, Seth (author), Abend, Kate (author), and Meyer, Alden (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
USA: Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11419
Notes:
68 pages., Introductory information and executive summary printed from the organization website. Full text available., The report described ExxonMobile as having "underwritten the most sophisticated and most successful disinformation campaign since the tobacco industry misled the public about the scientific evidence linking smoking to lung cancer and heart disease." Documentation described the company as having drawn upon four of the same tactics: manufactured uncertainty, information laundering, promoted scientific spokespeople, and attempt to shift the focus away from meaningful action.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21509
Notes:
Pages 73-88 in Mike Moore (ed.), Health risks and the press: perspectives on media coverage of risk assessment and health. The Media Institute, Washington, D.C. in cooperation with the American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois. 111 pages.
