Science and Religion in Mass Media - Dr Tom Aechtner

In the final episode of Season 1 of the Science & Belief in
Society Podcast, we’re re-joined by Dr Tom Aechtner, Senior
Lecturer in Religion and Science in the School Historical and
Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland. Tom talks
us through the persuasive and rhetorical tactics used by both
pro- and anti-evolutionist media and explains what science
communicators can learn from their anti-evolutionary
counterparts.


Alongside his work on science and religion in mass media, Tom’s
currently working on a project investigating vaccine hesitancy
and vaccine scepticism in Australia titled “Improving Vaccination
Rates in Australia: Analysing Media, Religion and Policy.”. You
can listen to a special podcast we recorded with Tom on this
topic here. You can read Tom’s Researcher Profile here.