ESCI1012: Term Project Presentations “Big Ideas in Earth Science”

Group 67: Dan, Jaron, and Justin Presented November 28, 2018 Hmielowski, J. D., Feldman, L., Myers, T. A., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2013). An attack on science? Media use, trust in scientists, and perceptions of global warming. Public Understanding of Science, 23(7),...

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Links of Interest

Below are links to pages which greatly help reinforce the issues raised and tested in the journal article provided: Highly recommended to see just how news is manipulated by various outlets: https://pudding.cool/2018/01/chyrons/?fbclid=IwAR0xYmLVjBZa_6M7PGMukPp5gAhHOZv3AAhFqp4tYB0BcmxMqjNTTKUAks0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory...

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An Attack on Science? Media Use, trust in scientists, and perceptions on global warming

Article can be accessed at the following link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1szn1X4bLu2t7fel9lYvkSgP0XgB4-...

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Trumps Local TV

In 2017, CNN’s Brian Stelter broke the news that Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner or operator of nearly 200 television stations in the U.S., would be forcing its news anchors to record a promo about “the troubling trend of irresponsible, one sided news stories plaguing our country.” The script, which parrots Donald Trump’s oft-declarations of developments...

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Harvard Researchers Investigate Media Bias

THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOOK the foundations of American politics. Media reports immediately looked for external disruption to explain the unanticipated victory—with theories ranging from Russian hacking to “fake news.” We have a less exotic, but perhaps more disconcerting explanation: Our own study of over 1.25 million stories published...

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CBC - The Current - Political Divide based on Media Choices

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/after-u-s-midterms-voters-describe-friends-families-drifting-apart-over-political-divide-1.4895288 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-november-7-2018-1.4895184/wednesday-november-7-2018-full-transcript-1.4896400#segment2 @7:00: MICHAEL NOKER: Absolutely. So my mother, growing up, was always...

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