Abstract
This study compares coverage of social and natural science in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and network television news (ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News). The analysis reveals that journalists demarcate social and natural science, but sometimes fail clearly to demarcate social science and lay perspectives. In comparison to natural science, social science is portrayed in the media as a less distinctive and valid way of knowing.
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