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Science 6 April 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5821, p. 56
DOI: 10.1126/science.1142030
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Policy Forum

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
Framing Science

Matthew C. Nisbet1* and Chris Mooney2

To engage diverse publics, scientists must focus on ways to make complex topics personally relevant.

1School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA.

2Washington correspondent, Seed magazine (seedmagazine.com).

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: nisbet{at}american.edu

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