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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
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FRAME: Middle/Third Way:
At X-Mas, A Call for Scientists to Join with Religious Leaders
Category: Framing Science
A challenge to the Dawkins School of Communication
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 10:26 AM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
THE DISCOVERY: What It Means for Framing & News Coverage
Category: Enviro/Science Reporting
The scientific facts on the ground suddenly fit Bush's claims...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 7:23 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Next Stage in the Stem Cell Debate Begins!
Category: Stem Cell / Cloning Research
A 10 year controversy ends, a new debate begins...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 2:48 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hurlburt on Stem Cell: "Moving Forward with Social Consensus"
Category: Stem Cell / Cloning Research
Playing on the middle way frame to stall stem cell policy.
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 11:46 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Understanding the political timing of stem cell studies
Category: Enviro/Science Reporting
How journal editors and news editors are alike.
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 10:13 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
New Feature: A Typology of Frames for Science Debates
Category: Enviro/Science Reporting
Heuristics that citizens rely upon to make sense of science controversies.
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 8:41 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What the Discovery Institute Understood about Framing
Category: Enviro/Science Reporting
Framing is like nuclear energy. It can be used to further social progress or to bring about disaster. Depends who's hands it is in.
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 1:37 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Doubts About Nuclear Energy as a "Middle Way" in the Global Warming Debate
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
Nuclear Energy as a Middle Way: In Canada, Global Warming Sparks a Renaissance for the Technology
Category: FRAME: Public Accountability
In a column last year, I detailed the historical trajectory in the U.S. of frames on nuclear energy, with images moving from very positive interpretations centered on social progress and economic development during the 1950s and 1960s to a very...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 9:30 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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