Category: EUSJA and NUCLEUS
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Preliminary conclusions about journalists and RRI
The NUCLEUS project is all about implementing RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) at research institutions. But what does that imply for journalists? Here’s some conclusions from surveys and workshops performed during 2017 by the EUSJA team Journalists are seen as an important stakeholder in RRI. Journalists can reach out to communities and approach different groups…
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Investigative science journalism in Europe – a part of RRI
One of the core values in journalism is being the watchdog that starts to bark when something dubious happens. The value of exposing fraud, plagiarism and doubtful scientific results is obvious for society; however, investigative journalism suffers these years. Cross national cooperation may be a way to make investigative science journalism reappear. Science journalism has…
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Hype and hyperbole – who is to blame?
Scientists under pressure for publication, enthusiastic communication officers and non-critical journalists all have a part in spreading misinformation. There is no easy fix, but guidelines can help to put attention to the risks of misleading the public. In May 2016, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) send out a set of…
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Monitoring science stories on social media
Spreading information has never been easier. But equally, spreading of misinformation has never been easier. Monitoring of social media can be an important tool in RRI, to shed a light on what discussions concerning science is going on in the civil world. Every year around New Year’s Eve various media pull out statistics about…
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How a Fraudulent Doctor Discredited Vaccines
Fake news becomes dead serious for human health when the English doctor Andrew Wakefield publishes his fake research results in 1998. But many others are to blame in a new era of science scepticism where real experts are questioned and anyone can rise to experts. By Gorm Palmgren, freelance science journalist writing for EUSJA’s NUCLEUS…