Social responsibility and science news : four case studies / Robert A. Logan with Lillie M. Fears and Nancy Fraser Wilson.

Washington, D.C. : Media Institute, [1997], ©1997.

vi, 248 pages ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248)

1. Bad burger outbreak : how the news media covered death and illness from eating hamburgers -- 2. Irradiation : how the news media covered a controversial technology to improve food safety -- 3. Necrotizing fasciitis : how the news media covered a flesh-altering infection -- 4. Electromagnetic fields : how the news media covered an uncertain medical risk.