YouTube, Politics, and Science. Dr. Carol Gilligan's response to televangelist James Dobson's misuse and distortion of her research is important in itself. But even more important is the general availability of this new medium to educators and scientists who can now quickly take steps to correct popular misunderstandings and media distortions. Scientists and educators can use the new free video sharing sites (such as YouTube, MySpace, and YahooVideo) to correct errors that appear in both the old and the new media and they can do the corrections much faster on the web than would be available to them if they were to wait for retraction statements or counter acticles/reports to appear in print, on network television, or in other standard media outlets. ______JH
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[Open Access News]--Peter Suber
YouTube videos enter scholarly debate.
When you really want to reach a wide audience, OA is the solution. But when an OA article in a journal or repository isn't enough, how about an OA video on YouTube?
When Evangelical preacher James Dobson used the scholarship of NYU psychologist Carol Gilligan to argue that same-sex couples should not raise children, Gilligan made a YouTube video to assert that Dobson had distorted and misrepresented her research.
For background, see Paul Thacker, Fighting a Distortion of Research, Inside Higher Ed, December 19, 2006. Don't miss the comments at the end of the article. [EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources Online]
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