Science Communication: a job for everyone? Kirstie Urquhart UK Editor, Science’s Next Wave kurquhart@science-int.co.uk
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Do you generally trust these people to tell the truth? YES% NO% NET% Professors 79 10 +69 Scientists 63 27 +36 Person in the Street 60 28 +32 Politicians 23 72 -49 Journalists 15 79 -64 Source: MORI, January 1999
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