Scientists are talking, but mostly to each other: A quantitative analysis of research represented in mass media

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-125

  Suleski, Julie ^a   Ibaraki, Motomu ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citations; Mass media; Paper publication; Research; Science communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549090164     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662508096776     Document Type: Article

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