Open AccessAttracting Audiences to Science News: Ethical and Moral Considerations
Author(s) -
William Evans
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
iowa state university summer symposium on science communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.31274/sciencecommunication-180809-33
Subject(s) - computer science , engineering ethics , political science , engineering
This paper considers ethical and moral aspects of the ways in which consumers are solicited to attend to a science news story. Science news values and the use of sensational headlines and images are considered in the context of evolutionary ethics and moral psychology.
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