Interesting, I am reminded of the talk surrounding Cronkite's death. Certainly the number of retracted news reports has increased much more quickly than the retraction of academic reports. However, it is also much harder to demonstrate the inaccuracy of a scientific publication. Both phenomenon may be symptomatic of an attitude change towards the dissemination of information. Among other things, most evaluators of both reporters and academics share an unhealthy obsession with first reports, with quantity over quality, and with "sexyness" over other measures of importance or accuracy.
Eric On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 02:13 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >fyi > ><http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/08/19/new-study-publish-or-perish-factor-in-spiralling-retractions/> > >-tj > > > ============================================================ >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > Eric Charles Professional Student and Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State University Altoona, PA 16601 Eric Charles Professional Student and Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State University Altoona, PA 16601
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