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Reveals the process behind science news: an elite few scholarly journals control press coverage through a mechanism known as an embargo. This title offers an exploration of the embargo's impact on public knowledge of science and medical issues.

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"[A] compelling critique of the self-aggrandizing embargo system that currently rules scientist-editor-reporter relations. . . . Kiernan wins the argument about embargoes cleanly and comprehensively."--Science
"Short, concise, and well referenced . . . a must read for all present and future science reporters."--Choice

Embargoed Science

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 11 September 2006
      ISBN-13 9780252030970
      978-0252030970
      ISBN-10 0252030974
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reveals the process behind science news: an elite few scholarly journals control press coverage through a mechanism known as an embargo. This title offers an exploration of the embargo's impact on public knowledge of science and medical issues.

      Trade Review
      "[A] compelling critique of the self-aggrandizing embargo system that currently rules scientist-editor-reporter relations. . . . Kiernan wins the argument about embargoes cleanly and comprehensively."--Science
      "Short, concise, and well referenced . . . a must read for all present and future science reporters."--Choice

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