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Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine (and the Media) on Trial
- Speaker:
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Simon Singh, Writer, lecturer and broadcaster
- Starts:
- May 12, 2009 at 06:15 pm
- Ends:
- May 12, 2009 at 08:00 pm
- Location:
- Goldsmiths, University of London, Richard Hoggart Building, Room 256, Lewisham Way, London, SE14 6NW United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
As well as discussing alternative medicine, the subject of his most recent book, Singh will also explain how it was partly inspired by a controversial TV documentary on the subject of acupuncture. TV producers have to entertain, inform and grab large audiences in an increasingly competitive media market, but how do they balance accuracy with the temptation to sensationalise? Simon Singh looks at science in the media and gives his opinion on where things went right, and where they went horribly wrong.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
For more information
- Contact person:
- Prof Chris French
- Email:
- c.french [ at ] gold.ac.uk
- Website:
- Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine (and the Media) on Trial
