2009
DOI: 10.1080/14926150903047798
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Print Media Representations of Science Fairs

Abstract: Science fairs are an almost unavoidable experience for students at some stage in public school. This paper examines how student projects and science fairs-and, by extension, professional science-are portrayed in newspaper media coverage of national and local science fairs. Despite a high student participation rate and a high number of science fairs (100+ regional fairs/year), media coverage is infrequent. Of the newspaper coverage that does occur, much of it reflects four ideological themes: i) Science is comp… Show more

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