NS 366 - Science ,Technology and the Media

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Bentley University

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Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level AST, BIO, CHM, GEO, or PHY Examines the relationship between scientists and the media in selecting, covering and judging the information that determines the public's level of understanding of science and technology. Analyzes the communication of science and technology for a variety of purposes and in diverse media settings. Includes the popularization of science in local and national newspapers, news magazines and specialty magazines, the coverage of science "miracles" and "disasters" in the popular press, the advertising of high technology both in the popular and specialty presses, and the coverage of scientific and technological controversies by journalists in different print, broadcast and computer-based media. Explores tensions and constraints between scientists and journalists in the communication process, the role of intervening institutions and organizations in this process as well as the new ethical problems in the communication process from the recent commericialization of science and technology. C I

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bentley.edu

Phone Number:

(800) 523-2354

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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