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Wednesday, 29 August 2018

When Is Science Newsworthy? 29AUG2018

 When Is Science Newsworthy?

The below discussion about what science reporters / writers
consider to be "newsworthy" and gets their attention is both
interesting and revealing.

When Is Science Newsworthy?
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Published on May 21, 2018

Two papers mentioned in this discussion are:

Sumner, P., Vivian-Griffiths, S., Boivin, J., Williams,
A., Bott, L., Adams, R., Venetis, C.A., Whelan, L.,
Hughes, B. and Chambers, C.D., 2016. Exaggerations
and caveats in press releases and health-related
science news. PloS one, 11(12), p.e0168217.
Abstract -
PDF file -

Berger, J., 2011. Arousal increases social transmission
of information. Psychological science, 22(7), pp.891-893.

Yours,

Paul H.

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