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Science, Politics, and the Mass Media: On Biased Communication of Environmental Issues

Department of Philosophy University, Oslo, Norway

When environmental science acts by enlightenment rather than instrumental use, that is, by changing the aims and values of politics rather than its means, adequate communi cation to the general public is crucially important. Based on the study of two issues, forest death from acid rain and the size of whale stocks, this article shows how the "constraints" of commercial mass media can be contrary to the task of enlightenment. It is also argued that skeptical and relativist views of science contribute indirectly to bias by undermining criticism.

Science, Technology & Human Values, Vol. 19, No. 3, 324-341 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/016224399401900304


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