It Ain't Necessarily So: How the Media Remake Our Picture of Reality Book

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It Ain't Necessarily So: How the Media Remake Our Picture of Reality
Written by author David Murray
Published by Penguin Group (USA), October 2002
Anthrax scares. Airplane crashes. The AIDS epidemic. Presidential election polls and voting results. Global warming. All these news stories require scientific savvy, first to report, and then-for the average person-to understand. It Ain't Necessarily S
With a new afterword on the anthrax scare, this edition exposes the media's selective perception and misreporting of research and statistics. First published in the US by Rowman & Littlefield. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Prologue vii
Introduction Making News and Making Sense: The News That's "Fit to Print" 1
Part I The Ambiguity of News
Chapter 1 The News That isn't There: Stories That Are--and Aren't--Covered 17
Chapter 2 Much Ado About Little: Making News Mountains out of Research Molehills 35
Part II The Ambiguity of Measurement
Chapter 3 Bait and Switch: Understanding "Tomato" Statistics 57
Chapter 4 The Perils of Proxies: Is There a There There? 71
Chapter 5 Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? A Look at Statistics from Both Sides Now 85
Chapter 6 Polls Apart: The Gertrude Stein Approach to Making Sense of Contradictory Surveys 97
Chapter 7 The Reality and Rhetoric of Risk: Telling It Like It Is--and Isn't 115
Chapter 8 Distinguishing "Reports" from Reality: Confusing the Map with the Territory 133
Part III The Ambiguity of Explanation
Chapter 9 Blaming the Messenger, Ignoring the Message: Do Motives Matter? 147
Chapter 10 Tunnel Vision and Blind Spots: The Danger of Hedgehog Interpretations 163
Conclusion: Hard to Tell: Journalism, Science, and Public Policy--An Inherent Conflict? 175
Afterword: The Anthrax Feeding Frenzy 197
Notes 213
Bibliography 251
Index 259

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An interesting book. It's a good education/reminder of the need to critically think about the information you are receiving especially if you are going to pass it on, or base decisions upon said information.

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	Prologue	vii
	Introduction Making News and Making Sense: The News That's "Fit to Print"	1
Part I	The Ambiguity of News
Chapter 1	The News That isn't There: Stories That Are--and Aren't--Covered	17
Chapter 2	Much Ado About Little: Making News Mountains out of Research Molehills	35
Part II	The Ambiguity of Measurement
Chapter 3	Bait and Switch: Understanding "Tomato" Statistics	57
Chapter 4	The Perils of Proxies: Is There a There There?	71
Chapter 5	Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? A Look at Statistics from Both Sides Now	85
Chapter 6	Polls Apart: The Gertrude Stein Approach to Making Sense of Contradictory Surveys	97
Chapter 7	The Reality and Rhetoric of Risk: Telling It Like It Is--and Isn't	115
Chapter 8	Distinguishing "Reports" from Reality: Confusing the Map with the Territory	133
Part III	The Ambiguity of Explanation
Chapter 9	Blaming the Messenger, Ignoring the Message: Do Motives Matter?	147
Chapter 10	Tunnel Vision and Blind Spots: The Danger of Hedgehog Interpretations	163
	Conclusion: Hard to Tell: Journalism, Science, and Public Policy--An Inherent Conflict?	175
	Afterword: The Anthrax Feeding Frenzy	197
	Notes	213
	Bibliography	251
	Index	259