Eric A. Jensen

The Therapeutic Cloning Debate (eBook, ePUB)

Global Science and Journalism in the Public Sphere

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317014164
• Artikelnr.: 44863574

Autorenporträt

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.