How Scientists Can Protect and Restore Their Reputations.

The article discusses how scientists whose work has been impugned or attacked can protect their reputations. It focuses on strategic practices involving status and identity. Examples are provided from a case involving an Australian scientist whose research on the possible biological ill effects of c...

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Publicado en:Social Alternatives Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 38 - 44
Autor principal: THÉRÈSE, SANDRINE A.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Social Alternatives 2011 First Quarter
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        Reputation
        Cell phones
        Scientists' attitudes
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        Physiological effects of electromagnetism
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          Cell phones
          Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
          Electronic components, navigational and communications equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
          Electronics Stores
          Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
          Scientists' attitudes
          Scientific freedom
          Physiological effects of electromagnetism
      ab: The article discusses how scientists whose work has been impugned or attacked can protect their reputations. It focuses on strategic practices involving status and identity. Examples are provided from a case involving an Australian scientist whose research on the possible biological ill effects of cellphone radiation was attacked. It is noted that the strategies used by scientists involved in such controversies could be negatively portrayed as self-serving, but an argument is presented that they can also be used to promote democratic debate and innovation.
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