Astrobiology Week 2: Readings and Links

Required Readings:  

• "Beyond Reason:  Science and the Mass Media"
• "This is Science"
• Sparks, G.G., Pellechia, M., & Irvine, C. (1998). Does television news about UFOs affect viewers' UFO Beliefs?: An experimental investigation. Communication Quarterly, 46, 284-294. (Reading this paper online requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
• Slides from lecture.

Science and Pseudoscience Links:

The Skeptic's Society Web

Bay Area Skeptics

The T-Files - science answers pseudoscience.

James Randi

Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal

Donald Simanek's Pages - an unbelievable number of links!

Crank.net

The Top Ten Silliest, Most Misleading Stories of the New Millennium

Science and the Media Links

Glenn Sparks, Media Researcher at Purdue University

• Recent Publications

Science and the Media

The Center for Science and the Media

UFO links!

Mothership

Center for UFO Studies

CSETI

The Temporal Doorway

The Unnatural Museum - Hall of UFO Mysteries

The Condon Report

NOVA Online - Kidnapped by UFOs?

Citizens Against UFO Secrecy

Faking UFOs

International Society for UFO Research

National UFO Reporting Center

UFOSEEK - The Paranormal and UFO Search Engine

Alien Abduction Insurance