CRYING WOLF: SCIENTIFIC FALSE ALARMS AND DEFENSIVE JOURNALISM IN COVERAGE OF 'DOOMSDAY ASTEROIDS'

摘要

News coverage of "doomsday" asteroids and comets offers a telling insight into tensions surrounding the reportage of many modern risks. This study of press coverage in the U.S. and Britain discusses differing concepts of uncertainty held by journalists and scientists, and explores the defensive maneuvers that failure of prediction prompts in both communities—strategies that have a significant effect on the news of global threats consumed on both sides of the Atlantic.