Guest Thinkers

In case you were wondering, Gore’s much anticipated follow up book–where he is scheduled to detail his proposed policy actions–is due out about five months into the next administration.

The dominant image of atheism: Blogger PZ Myers wearing a scarlet letter “A” for atheism T-shirt.Atheists have a major image problem. There’s a reason that when people ask me what […]

Mark McKinnon was the genius behind Bush’s 2004 media strategy. The Bush campaign successfully portrayed Bush as “a strong leader in a time of change” while redefining Kerry as “weak, […]

Is ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson a PR juggernaut who takes advantage of the ideological innocence of general assignment and TV reporters?In his regular column at Portfolio magazine, former NY Times […]

As I like to say, when it comes to science debates, the public is far more likely to be miserly in reaching a judgment than fully informed. Most citizens are […]

Sigh. Ugh. Damn! That was my reaction when I heard about the brewing allegations that John Edwards had cheated on his sick wife and had fathered a love child. My […]

Last week I noted that McCain is scoring political body blows with a compelling message on energy and that the Obama campaign has not responded to the massive shifts in […]

From Canada’s The National Post: Faced with an unflattering image as a global environmental disaster area, the oil sands sector is stepping up its offensive to counteract critics. The sector […]

That’s the question raised by National Post columnist Vanessa Farquharson. While male writers and bloggers focus on a Pandora’s box of looming catastrophe, a storyline that likely leads to a […]

With the election in full swing, the Fall semester is shaping up to be an exciting time here at American University in Washington, DC. In fact, in recently released national […]

I may not generate the type of ideologically-intense traffic of a PZ Myers, but when it comes to influence, Framing Science continues its steady ascent. According to Wikio’s latest rankings, […]

Obamaone1by dollarsandsense123 You knew this was coming. For most Americans, this latest advertisement from McCain attacking Obama will be seen as deep irony, morphing Obama’s political celebrity into a matter […]

This blog has a ton of readers from the Madison, Wisconsin area. It’s not surprising given that the university town is a major international hub for interest in science communication […]

On energy policy, all eyes turn to McCain.Earlier this week I spotlighted the unheard of 20-30 point shift since February in how Americans view what should be done about the […]

The Washington Post has been running a 12 part series on the now seven year old Chandra Levy murder case. As one article in the series describes, rather sadly, the […]

George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication has relaunched its Web site with among the new features a discussion forum. They also have a section devoted to updating readers […]

I recently submitted a final draft of a book chapter that reviews much of the research that has fueled the framing science debate. The chapter is set to appear in […]

Director Randy Olson’s Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy has already shaped the agenda and framed the discussion among scientists and the science media, a key impact of a successful documentary […]

Chris Mooney has this Science Progress column up reviewing the seminar we conducted last week at Cal Tech. As he puts it, science needs a “paradigm sheep.” Read on, it […]

Barbara Boxer appeared on Bill Moyers last week, providing fresh insight into her relationship with James Inhofe as well as the strategic appeal that turned GOP Senator John Warner into […]

Wikio has its latest rankings out, tracking the most influential blogs about science (as well as many other categories.)Framing Science has pushed up from the top 25 blogs about science […]

On Sunday, Discovery Channel’s Ted Koppell returned to his old network home to appear on ABC News This Week. Koppell was on the round table panel in part to promote […]

In the latest issue of the Columbia Journalism Review, Harvard University’s Cristine Russell contributes an important analysis on the next stage in climate change media coverage. She spotlights reporters such […]

Energy. Climate change. The food crisis. These are pressing and complex problems that span science, economics, politics, and culture. Yet when it comes to news coverage of these issues, attention […]

Think that America’s energy problems and high gas prices aren’t changing perceptions among independents, even among liberals? Think again. According to a new Pew survey, as many liberals (45%) as […]

John McCain, in an interview with the NY Times, admitted that he does not know how to use the Web or even email. McCain, who will turn 73 in August, […]

Myers with Richard Dawkins: Does his atheist punditry damage the scienceblogs.com brand?Call me agnostic on the controversy that has erupted over the Catholic wafer incident in Florida. On the one […]

My latest “Science and the Media” column at Skeptical Inquirer Online is now up. In the column I review the likely audience impact of Expelled and focus on the use […]

In The Happening, “Marky” Mark Wahlberg plays a science teacher who tells his students that evolution is just a theory.Over at IO9, an influential science fiction and science blog, there’s […]

Satire at its best, decoding the label “elitist” as applied to Barack Obama. As Colbert puts it: “Let’s face it, Obama is not an average Joe like me and David […]