Abstract
Media coverage of modern biotechnology is the focus of this chapter.1 The mass media are an important player and arena in the development of a new technology (Bauer, 2002a). They create the symbolic environment that fuels technological optimism and pessimism, as it may be, and thus contribute to a public sphere of technological controversies. Are the mass media an extension of interested actors, and therefore a mere epiphenomenon of the establishment, or are they making a contribution sui generis to technological debates? We will address this key issue by splitting it into three separate questions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Genomics & Society, legal, ethical & social dimensions |
Editors | George Gaskell, Martin W. Bauer |
Place of Publication | London, UK |
Publisher | Earthscan |
Pages | 113-130 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781849773867 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-84407-113 |
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Publication status | Published - 17 Jun 2013 |