Exploring the controversy surrounding therapeutic human cloning, this book draws upon data collected from news articles and interviews with journalists to examine the role of mass media in shaping biomedical controversies. With specific reference to the US and the UK, together with attention to the important role played by nations in Southeast Asia, this book sheds light on media representations of scientific developments, the unrealistic hype that can surround them, the influence of religion and the potentially harmful imposition of journalistic and nationalist values on the scientific field.
Exploring the controversy surrounding therapeutic human cloning, this book draws upon data collected from news articles and interviews with journalists to examine the role of mass media in shaping biomedical controversies. With specific reference to the US and the UK, together with attention to the important role played by nations in Southeast Asia, this book sheds light on media representations of scientific developments, the unrealistic hype that can surround them, the influence of religion and the potentially harmful imposition of journalistic and nationalist values on the scientific field.
Eric A. Jensen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK and co-editor of Culture and Social Change: Transforming Society through Power of Ideas.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Introduction The struggle to define therapeutic cloning Human cloning before Dolly Epochal change in the contemporary human cloning debate Therapeutic cloning science in the global risk society Mediating scientific risk in the public sphere The role of science journalism Previous research on human cloning in the media Scientific utopianism and balanced hype Scientific dystopianism, balanced hype and haphazard hype The role of science fiction in scientific dystopianism Scientific nationalism Sources: the raw materials of science news Framing the science: the role of scientists in the mediated public sphere Science politics from below: patient advocates and anti-abortion activists enter the fray Science politics from below: anti-abortion groups ascend as the leading opposition The ethical experts: professional bioethicists in the therapeutic cloning debate Mediating public engagement: promises and problems Conclusion Appendix Index.
Contents: Introduction The struggle to define therapeutic cloning Human cloning before Dolly Epochal change in the contemporary human cloning debate Therapeutic cloning science in the global risk society Mediating scientific risk in the public sphere The role of science journalism Previous research on human cloning in the media Scientific utopianism and balanced hype Scientific dystopianism, balanced hype and haphazard hype The role of science fiction in scientific dystopianism Scientific nationalism Sources: the raw materials of science news Framing the science: the role of scientists in the mediated public sphere Science politics from below: patient advocates and anti-abortion activists enter the fray Science politics from below: anti-abortion groups ascend as the leading opposition The ethical experts: professional bioethicists in the therapeutic cloning debate Mediating public engagement: promises and problems Conclusion Appendix Index.
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