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Michael Dahlstrom / Science and Storytelling

Click above to listen to part 3 of Skeptic Check: Science Denial, featuring Michael Dahlstrom, Associate Director of Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, and associate professor at Iowa State University, discussing how humans absorb information more readily when given a story, rather than data.

Skeptic Check: Science Denial:
Part 1: What is Science Denialism?
Part 2: Sheila Jasanoff / Denial or Distrust?
Part 3: Michael Dahlstrom / Science and Storytelling
Part 4: Allan Brandt / Manufacturing Doubt
Part 5: David Scheer / Science and Industry
Part 6: Matthew Nisbet / Framing Denialism
Part 7: Arthur Caplan / Scientists’ Responsibility
Part 8: Nancy Tomes / Convert Outreach

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