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Tables of Contents for Communicatng Uncertainty
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
4
Introduction
xi
PART I INTERPRETING UNCERTAINTY
3
92
1 Scientists' Representations of Uncertainty
3
20
Stephen C. Zehr
2 How Journalists Deal With Scientific Uncertainty
23
20
S. Holly Stocking
3 Public Responses to Uncertainty
43
16
Edna Einsiedel
Bruce Thorne
4 Scientists, Journalists, and the Meaning of Uncertainty
59
22
Sharon Dunwoody
5 Interpreting Uncertainty: A Panel Discussion
81
14
Philip M. Boffey
Joann Ellison Rodgers
Stephen H. Schneider
PART II SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC ARENA
95
84
6 Popular Beliefs, Media, and Biotechnology
95
18
Susanna Hornig Priest
7 The Never-Ending Story of Dioxin
113
24
Sharon M. Friedman
8 An Uncertain Social Contract: The Case of Human Resources for Science
137
18
Daryl E. Chubin
9 Reporting on the Changing Science of Human Behavior
155
12
Deborah Blum
10 Science in the Public Arena: A Panel Discussion
167
12
Dianne Dumanoski
William H. Farland
Sheldon Krimsky
PART III BEYOND THE BASICS
179
84
11 The Importance of Understanding Audiences
179
22
Carol L. Rogers
12 Effective Explanation of Uncertain and Complex Science
201
24
Katherine E. Rowan
13 Using Systematic Thinking to Choose and Evaluate Evidence
225
24
Robert J. Griffin
14 Beyond the Basics: A Roundtable Discussion
249
14
Rita R. Colwell
Peggy Girshman
Cora B. Marrett
Paul Raeburn
F. Sherwood Rowland
Tom Siegfried
Author Index
263
6
Subject Index
269