An Analysis of 'PepsiGate'

... by Martin

Fizzy drinks and computers famously don't mix, which is why I no longer drink Coke during BBC Question Time. But it turns out that they don't work too well in blogs either, as Seed Magazine are finding out to their cost. The story, in a nutshell, is that Seed - the company behind ScienceBlogs - and Pepsi - the company behind obesity and tooth decay - have...

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Jeremy Laurance: When Science Journalism Goes 'Meh'

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Over the last week, a miniature storm has been brewing on the intertubes, and it concerns a subject which everyone is sick of talking about, but which everyone feels compelled to talk about anyway: no, not house prices, but the state of science journalism....
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The changing relationship between science journalism and scientists

Tue, 08/03/2010 - 00:54
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BP doctored photos....hilarity

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 22:01

It's pretty easy to attack BP these days--with hundreds of millions of gallons of oil floating around in the Gulf of Mexico, faulty traps and caps, and lousy attempts at compensation.

The BP photoshop mini-scandal is just one of the twigs branching off this tree of disaster. But, a funny one. Basically, BP put up a fake picture of it's 'Crisis Command Center' for the oil spill. Here's a summary in links, for those of you who haven't followed:

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Which came first, the scientist or the sensationalist?

Sat, 07/17/2010 - 01:06

The best headline I read last week is from Metafilter blog: "Scientists prove that lunch came before breakfast." In fact, journalists at major news sites all around the web reported that scientists have solved the infamous chicken-and-egg problem.

Which came first? The chicken. Definitively.

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Daily Mail Fearmongering Bingo

Sat, 05/22/2010 - 15:17

The rules are simple, take an article on science, technology or health from the Daily Mail, and count how many times the following words or phrases are used.

  • Fear
  • Danger
  • Alarm/Alarming
  • Playing God
  • Risk
  • Fall-Out
  • Pandora's Box
  • Plague
  • Weapon
  • Mistake
  • Wipe-Out
  • Step To Far
  • Concerns
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The Pod Delusion #44

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 13:33
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An Analysis of 'PepsiGate'

Thu, 07/08/2010 - 14:11

Fizzy drinks and computers famously don't mix, which is why I no longer drink Coke during BBC Question Time. But it turns out that they don't work too well in blogs either, as Seed Magazine are finding out to their cost.

The story, in a nutshell, is that Seed - the company behind ScienceBlogs - and Pepsi - the company behind obesity and tooth decay - have entered a partnership in which Pepsi will pay to have their own ScienceBlogs blog. This is obviously a break away from the usual model in which bloggers apply to the site, are accepted on merit, and receive some pocket money from advertising.

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Enough of these mindless attacks on scientists integrity

Fri, 06/25/2010 - 15:40

We are all different, as scientists and as people, with individual aims, beliefs and motivations. Some do their best to communicate what they do and why they do it, and some people respond with curiosity and interest. Just see, for example, the excellent periodic table of videos and sixty symbols websites from my alma mater, The University of Nottingham.

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[Review] The Sun Kings, by Stuart Clark

Sat, 06/12/2010 - 15:05

This is the first in an occasional series of posts based on the premise that people send me things for free, and I then review them. If you'd also like to send me anything for free, please get in touch.

Today's subject is a book called The Sun Kings, by Stuart Clark. It also has a subtitle, "The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began." The subtitle is, I think you will agree with me, pretty crap, and the front cover is a dire mixture of red and greenish yellow that would look nice on the dinner plate at my local Indian Restaurant, but doesn't make the cover particularly attractive or easy to read.

Sadly, I expect most people's reaction in a bookstore these days would be "Who the **** is Richard Carrington?"

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Jeremy Laurance: When Science Journalism Goes 'Meh'

Sat, 06/12/2010 - 13:42

Over the last week, a miniature storm has been brewing on the intertubes, and it concerns a subject which everyone is sick of talking about, but which everyone feels compelled to talk about anyway: no, not house prices, but the state of science journalism.

Specifically this is a response to Jeremy Laurance, a man who does not like criticism, and so will probably not like this post, should he ever develop enough of an understanding of the internet to find it and read it.

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The future of science in the media

Tue, 05/25/2010 - 23:12

I found out the other day that a while ago now CNN made the decision to axe its entire science and environment correspondence unit. Closer to home, Rupert Murdoch has announced his media empire - including The Times newspaper - will soon become pay-per-view. Traditional media simply isn’t making enough money anymore; the recession has hit what was an industry already in decline due to the profusion of new media channels particularly hard. The business model of journalism is a bit broken.

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