Namhafte Forscher kritisieren seit Jahren die Veröffentlichungspraxis von Fachmagazinen. Darin stünde teilweise wenig Gehaltvolles. 30 internationale Magazine geloben Besserung. Hält ihre Qualitätsoffensive, was sie verspricht?
Obviously we distrust the media on science: they rewrite commercial press releases from dodgy organisations as if they were health news, they lionise mavericks with poor evidence, and worse. But journalists will often say: what about those scientists with their press releases? Surely we should do something about them, running about, confusing us with their wild ideas?
Blogs. The self-absorbed ramblings and rants of adolescents of all ages? Political and social tirades from grinders of the well-honed axes of zealotry? Mindless and breathless accounts of minor celebrities and nonentities? Michael Welland provides a survey of what's out there...
M. Nentwich. ita-Manuskript, ita-09-02. Institut für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, (November 2009)