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Summary Issues and Impacts; Science in Media
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A summary of what are the impacts with examples. Science in media, its advantages and disadvantages.
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Unit 7: Contemporary Scientific IssuesScience In Media:
Advantages Disadvantages
Newspaper It is in paper format The journalists can
and can be kept for make up some of the
long time. information to attract
It is free. more readers.
Television The information Using the news
announced can be platform for other
approved by other than information
people(like uses.
scientists).
Visual
Websites Different articles from A lot of exaggerated
different times that and fake information.
can be kept for long.
Social Media Majority of young A lot of fake
people find out about information that can
the news from social lead to major issues.
media rather than any
other information
source.
Issues and Impacts:
Science is progressing fast in our century and you will often observe
that this new science has an impact on you or the nature. This impact
may be environmental, economic, social, political or ethical.
Environmental Impacts
Environmental impacts can be categorised in:
Global Impact:
Wind turbines will use the power of wind to create electricity which will
have a positive impact. It could reduce the emission of CO2 therefore
reduce global warming and protect habitats globally.
Local Impact:
If the forest next to your house is cut in order to use the wood, the local
environment will take a negative Impact. The number of natural
habitats will be lowered, the ground will become more dry and
deforestation percentage will grow.
Economic impacts:
A number of scientific discoveries have an economic impact. For
example:
Bumping the trash in the lake pollutes the water and reduces
biodiversity.
Many diseases are spread in polluted water.
Cleaning the lake costs a lot of money and as biodiversity Is reduced
there will be less fish that can be extracted from the lake for food. But
cleaning the lake has a positive environmental impact, which in turn
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