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Matthew C. Nisbet, Ph.D, is a professor in the School of Communication at American University where his research focuses on the intersections between science, media, and politics. E-MAIL: nisbetmc@gmail.com
March 30, 2007
Category: Blogging/New Media
On April 10, the Poynter Institute is set to release it's latest "eye tracking" study of how readers navigate the printed and online news page. The preview of the key findings is fairly suprising. Watch the video about the...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 11:40 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Stem Cell / Cloning Research
Before leaving the Massachusetts' Governor's office, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney added regulatory language to a legislative bill that was originally intended to only prohibit the creation of embryos for research purposes within the state. Romney's additional language appeared to...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 8:57 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 26, 2007
Category: Global Warming
As I've noted, in places like Canada and Europe, nuclear energy has been successfully reframed as an important "middle way" compromise solution in the debate over what to do about global warming. Now a report out today from the...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 7:28 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 23, 2007
In conjunction with Earth Day, a number of major survey results have been released on global warming, energy, and the environment. The latest is a survey from Gallup that chronicles American views on energy, and the trade-offs between the...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 12:16 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As I have detailed at Framing Science many times, over the past five years, as Democrats and Independents have shifted their views in support of embryonic stem cell research and policy action on climate change, little or no movement...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 10:22 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Enviro/Science Reporting
An initiative that I have been pitching in talks across the country (for example, go here, here, and here), has been proposed for official funding in Congress. Stay tuned for more on this much needed bill. Washington, DC - Congresswoman...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 9:22 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 22, 2007
Category: Blogging/New Media
The NY Daily News spotlights yesterday's post on the "Two Americas of Global Warming Perceptions" as among the Web's best....
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 8:39 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 21, 2007
Category: Global Warming
Gallup's annual Earth Day survey of public attitudes on the environment is out today, and the results are consistent with the patterns revealed across other surveys this year. In short, while 2006 featured a historic high in media attention...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 9:10 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
All eyes today are on Capitol Hill as former VP Al Gore testifies before Congress on global warming. Bill Broad's NY Times' article last week has launched a new narrative in coverage, as various journalists review whether "Gore got...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 7:48 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 19, 2007
Category: Blogging/New Media
As I've previously written, expect 2008 to be defined as the YouTube election, as campaigns generate online and conversational buzz by placing innovative ads on the video sharing site, amplifying attention to the ads by way of free media...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 8:58 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
