Embarrassment of Product Choices by Millot Michel;

Author:Millot, Michel;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Published: 2018-09-28T00:00:00+00:00

6.1.3. Strategies

Lobbyists make use of a number of strategies which include providing financing to scientists, commissions or laboratories to produce conflicting studies whose conclusions differ from others. Lobbying groups publish reports, articles and even books, in a form comparable to the way other scientific materials are publicized, but without going through the conventional processes. They use Internet forums to generate endless arguments and thus to propagate misinformation. They give rise to debates in the media which, in an attempt to give the impression of impartiality, present several contradictory viewpoints. The various strategies of influence are often opposed, which explains the change in tactics in communication. They try to incorporate new terms into the language that is commonly used, with a less negative connotation than that used by scientists. They also recommend that even more research to be done, in order to give the illusion of an ongoing controversial debate between scientists.

In this way, the corrupting influence of lobbies perverts the “scientific” world, casting doubt on actual levels of pollution, environmental nuisances, oil resources, etc.

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