Biotechnology and Communication

The Meta-Technologies of Information
Herausgeber: Braman, Sandra

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The volume examines the convergence of biotechnology and communication systems and how this convergence directly influences our understanding of the nature of communication. For scholars/students in science communication, cultural studies, information technologies, and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780805843040
• ISBN-10: 0805843043
• Artikelnr.: 21113912

Autorenporträt

Sandra Braman

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: S. Braman
Introduction. Part I: The Technologies of Biology and Communication.S. Braman
The Meta-Technologies of Information. Part II: The Concept of Information.D. Ritchie
Information as Metaphor: Biology and Communication. S.S. Wildman
Conditional Expectations Communication and the Impact of Biotechnology. S. Braman
"Are Facts Not Flowers?": Facticity and Genetic Information. Part III: The Ownership of Information.C. May
Justifying Enclosure? Intellectual Property and Meta-Technologies. L. Lievrouw
Biotechnology
Intellectual Property
and the Prospects for Scientific Communication. Part IV: Information and Power.S.H. Priest
T.T. Eyck
Transborder Information
Local Resistance
and the Spiral of Silence: Biotechnology and Public Opinion in the United States. S. Best
D. Kellner
Biotechnology
Democracy
and the Politics of Cloning. G. Murdock
Popular Representation and Postnormal Science: The Struggle Over Genetically Modified Foods.