My second session here at Science Online 2011 is on Sunday--it's the following:
Room A - Defending Science Online: Tactics and Conflicts in Science Communication - Chris Mooney, Josh Rosenau, Val Jones and Eric Michael Johnson Climate change "skeptics," intelligent design creationists, anti-vaccine activists and others who oppose science-based policy decisions are poisoning the well of our national dialogue on important scientific issues. But what's the best strategy to counter their misinformation? This is perhaps the most contentious issue among science bloggers and journalists today. Whether it’s described as “framing science” or presented as confrontation vs. accommodation, the conflict among science communicators is a debate over tactics and how to best achieve our shared goals. Some choose to work with moderates in the "anti-science" group and reframe the way they write about the issues to accommodate the different perspective. Others feel that this approach merely compromises on settled scientific questions ...
