Science Media Centre

Science Media Centre
AbbreviationSMC
Formation2000
Legal statusCharitable company
PurposeScience and society in the UK
Location
Region served
UK
Membership
60 science organisations
Director
Fiona Fox[1][2]
Websitehttp://www.sciencemediacentre.org

The Science Media Centre is a charitable company,[3] first formed in 2002,[4] two years after the United Kingdom House of Lords Select committee on Science and Technology's third report on "Science and Society" in 2000.[5][failed verification]

This report stated that while science was generally reported accurately in the mass media, there was a need for the promotion of more expert information at times when science is under attack in the headlines, mentioning the public reaction to GM crops, in particular.

  1. ^ Callaway, E. (2013). "Science media: Centre of attention: Fiona Fox and her Science Media Centre are determined to improve Britain's press. Now the model is spreading around the world". Nature. 499 (7457): 142–4. doi:10.1038/499142a. PMID 23846643.
  2. ^ Anon (2005). "Editorial: Public controversies that involve scientific uncertainty can be influenced by mavericks. Open confrontation and analysis serves the public better than excommunication". Nature. 437 (7055): 1. doi:10.1038/437001a. PMID 16136088.
  3. ^ Charity Commission. "Charity Details".
  4. ^ Kirby, Tony (2009). "Fiona Fox". The Lancet. 373 (9680): 2017. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61099-0. PMID 19524767. S2CID 135451733.
  5. ^ "House of Lords – Science and Technology – Third Report". www.publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2016.