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110 Communicating Uncertainty: Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999. • Idowu Sobowale: Scientific Journalism. Lagos: John West Publications Limited, 1983. • Action Health Incorporated: A Unique Partnership – Adolescents’ Well Being in Nigeria. Lagos: 2002. • Human Development Initiatives: Reproductive Health & Rights of In-School Adolescents Lagos: 2001. • Toye Ogunbode (ed): Medical Disorders in Tropical Obstetrics. Evans Brothers (Nigeria Publishers Limited), 1997. • W. Henry Lambright: Governing Science and Technology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. • Tony Momoh: Nigerian Media Law and Ethics Lagos: Efua Media Associates Limited, 2004. • John A. Akande: Technology, Industrialization and Environment, Ibadan: CREM Books, 2000. • Dan O’Hare, Gustav W. Friedrich and Lynda Dixon Shaver: Strategic Communication Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. • Ralph Akinfeleye (ed.): Contemporary Issues In Mass Media for Development and National Security. Lagos: Unimedia Publications Limited, 1988. • Ralph Akinfeleye and J.C. Paul: The Politics of Health Legislation: An Economic Perspective. Michigan: Health Administrators Perspective, 1988. • Robert Jungk: Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1956 • Family Health International: How to Create an Effective Communication Project. Lagos: FHI AIDS Control & Protection (AIDSCAP) Project, [date unknown]. • NGA: Integrated Health and Population Communication Curriculum: A Manual for Teaching and Learning, Lagos: NIJ/JHU-PLS, [date unknown]. • Website of the Science Journalism Research Group, University of British Columbia, at http://www.sciencejournalism.net/ • James Lovelock: The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth Is Fighting Back - And How We Can Still Save Humanity. Penguin, 2007 Schedule of classes First Semester Week 1 Introduction, nature, origin, advances in science: An overview of the importance of science Assignment: A 250 – 300 word reflection on the useful and harmful effects of science.
111 Reading for next week: Blum, Chapter 1, and Loder, Chapter 1. Week 2 Notable scientific discoveries, inventions, adaptations and other developments. Assignment: Write a proposal for your major story on a national science issue. The proposal must be approved by the instructor. The story is due at the end of the second semester. Reading for next week: Meyer (pp. 1 -3) and Sobowale (Chapter 1) Week 3 An overview of health issues and how they impact on the well-being of citizens; economic implications of well focused or haphazard healthcare delivery system. Assignment: Write an eight paragraph story on the most worrisome health problem in your community. Reading for next week: Family Health International Week 4 Reporting techniques for science journalism, including interviewing and presentation. Assignment: Interview a senior public health official in your locality on a current issue of concern and write a 500-word story. Reading for next week: Meyer (Chapter 3) and Sobowale (Chapter 14). Week 5 Writing scientific and technical language for a mass audience. Sustaining accuracy and context while writing in a way that the general public can understand. Assignment: Interview a leading scientist or an instructor in science in your city and write a 2- page news story. Reading for next week: Meyer (pp 4 – 17) and Lambright (Chapter 1). Week 6 Different branches of science and how each contributes to the enhancement of human life; the symbiotic relationship between science and technology. Assignment: Compare and contrast three branches of science and how they impact on human lives (in not more than 500 words). Reading for next week: NGA (extracts on population issues). Week 7 Population issues: birth control; child spacing; use of contraceptives; the reality and the politics of population control; its economic and social implications. Assignment: Survey 20 women in your town/city and write a 10 paragraph story of
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