AUTHOR=Figdor Carrie 

TITLE=(When) Is Science Reporting Ethical? The Case for Recognizing Shared Epistemic Responsibility in Science Journalism

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Communication

VOLUME=2

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2017.00003

DOI=10.3389/fcomm.2017.00003

ISSN=2297-900X

ABSTRACT=<p>Internal mechanisms that uphold the reliability of published scientific results have failed across many sciences, including some that are major sources of science news. Traditional methods for reporting science in the mass media do not effectively compensate for this unreliability. I argue for a new conceptual framework in which science journalists and scientists form a complex knowledge community, with science news as the interdisciplinary product. This approach motivates forms of collaboration and training that can improve the epistemic reliability of science news.</p>