Conclusion

McKinnon, Merryn; Walsh-Childers, Kim

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Conclusion

Date

2024-01-01

Authors

McKinnon, Merryn

Walsh-Childers, Kim

Abstract

In the opening chapter of this book, we explored the historical development of science and health journalism. Access to knowledge and an appetite for the latest information pervades everyday life. We have more information at our fingertips today than at any other time in our history. The media have played and will continue to play a key role in informing societies. Yet while our access to information is burgeoning, the quality of that information and reporting is at best poorly understood and at worst relatively unknown.