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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. For more information, check out his longer bio and research, and his blog, "Framing Science."
Chris Mooney is Washington correspondent for Seed magazine and the author of two books, The Republican War on Science and the forthcoming Storm World.
For more information, check out his longer bio, Wikipedia entry, YouTube speeches, and his blog, "The Intersection."
"Framing Science" Article
Recent Comments
- Kanser on Our AIBS Talk; and Going Carbon Neutral
- Trinifar on Forecasting the Next Big Science-Society Conflicts?
- Emily on Slides and Audio of Nisbet/Mooney Framing Tour
- Emily on Forecasting the Next Big Science-Society Conflicts?
- Benjamin Franz on The Poverty of the New Atheism Movement
- J-Dog on Forecasting the Next Big Science-Society Conflicts?
- Matthew C. Nisbet on The Poverty of the New Atheism Movement
- Bill on The Poverty of the New Atheism Movement
- garhane on The Poverty of the New Atheism Movement
- Tulse on The Poverty of the New Atheism Movement
Recent Posts
- At Science, discussion of framing continues...
- Speaking Science 2.0 Resumes for Fall 2007
- The Latest Online Debate over Framing
- Why Definitions of Science Literacy Matter
- At TreeHugger.com, More on Framing Science
- Forecasting the Next Big Science-Society Conflicts?
- Slides and Audio of Nisbet/Mooney Framing Tour
- The Poverty of the New Atheism Movement
- Next Talk: Center for American Progress, June 19
- How James Hansen Shapes the Frame on Climate Science
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- Juliet Eilperin
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Media Coverage and Appearances
June 6, 2007: The "Speaking Science 2.0" talk at the New York Academy of Sciences was covered by Columbia Journalism Review's Curtis Brainard and prompted blog commentary by well known science journalist John Horgan as well as event attendee and organizer Kate Seip.
May 2, 2007: Matthew Nisbet is quoted in a news article at the journal Cell on the nature and influence of science blogs.
April 24, 2007: Chris Mooney's forthcoming book Storm World received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus. As Publisher's Weekly noted: "Mooney...concludes that to be effective, scientists need to be clear communicators."
April 20, 2007: The "framing science" debate, sparked by the Nisbet-Mooney Science commentary, touched off a huge wave of commentary in the blogosphere. Coturnix summarizes it all here.
April 20, 2007: Matthew Nisbet appeared on the popular Point of Inquiry podcast. Listen here.
April 17, 2007: SciDev.net and the Nature Newsblog covered Chris Mooney's opening plenary speech at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia, where Mooney emphasized that scientists must adapt to "new rules" when interacting with the media and politicians.
April 16, 2007: The Nisbet-Mooney Science article is debated on BloggingheadsTV.com. Watch and listen here.
April 13, 2007: Matthew Nisbet appeared on NPR's "On the Media" to discuss the "Framing Science" article published in Science. Listen here.
February 9, 2007: Matthew Nisbet is quoted in a news feature at the journal Science on the changing political climate on global warming.
February 9, 2007: Matthew Nisbet was quoted in Ellen Goodman's Boston Globe column on global warming. Goodman wrote that Nisbet is "charting the reframing of climate change into a moral and religious issue...and into a corruption-of-science issue...and an economic issue."
