Tonight’s Framing Science Talk at Cal Tech

Here are the details on the talk I am giving with Chris Mooney tonight at Cal Tech. Also online are the syllabus and readings for the science communication workshop we […]

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Matthew C. Nisbet

August 16, 2010

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Here are the details on the talk I am giving with Chris Mooney tonight at Cal Tech. Also online are the syllabus and readings for the science communication workshop we are running on Tuesday. For readers in the Los Angeles area, we hope to see you tonight!

Matthew C. Nisbet

Associate Professor of Communication, Northeastern University

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