Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of scientific innovation and technology. As new developments occur, public debate has become more heated and grave concerns have been expressed about access to genetic information, labelling of genetically modified foods and human and animal cloning. This book presents a unique study of the relationship between new biotechnology and public perception, media coverage and policy formulation. It outlines a new conceptual framework and contains empirical studies on international controversies such as the cloning of Dolly the sheep and GM Soya.
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'... this is a very readable work, combining commentary with detailed analysis of data ... this book will be useful not only to policy-makers, but also to those involved in dialogue with the public.' Times Higher Education Supplement
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Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing and most controversial areas of scientific innovation and technology As new developments occur, public debates has become more heated and grave concerns have been expressed about access to genetic information, labelling of genetically modified foods and human and animal cloning. This book presents a unique study of the relationship between new biotechnology and public perception, media coverage and policy formulation. It outlines a new conceptual framework and contains empirical studies on international controversies such as the cloning of Dolly the sheep and GM Soya.
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biotechnology movement, soya case, biotechnology happen, manipulated soya, polity activity, journalistic framing, secondary objectification, symbolic coping, coder impression, novel food regulation, high risk perception, primary objectification, message discrimination, bioethics bodies, modern biotechnology, concerning biotechnology, mixed risk, attitudes towards biotechnology, gene law, biotechnology debate, regulating biotechnology, knowledge gap hypothesis, correlation between knowledge, biotechnology policy, modified soya Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Roundup Ready, United States, European Commission, Science Museum, European Parliament, European Union, Belgian Blue, Cambridge University Press, European Sourcebook, United Kingdom, Other Europe, Brave New World, Western Europe, Danish Council of Ethics, George Gaskell, Green Party, Round-up Ready, Asilomar Conference, Department of Agriculture, Der Spiegel, Minister of Health, Polity Press, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Die Presse New!
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- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley on 6 pages
- Genetic Engineering (Opposing Viewpoints) by Greenhaven Press on 5 pages
- Social Representations (European Studies in Social Psychology) by Robert M. Farr on page 276, page 345, and page 346
- Science and Technology (Aspects of Britain) by Central Office of Information on page 242, page 375, and page 402
- The Biotech Century by Jeremy Rifkin on page 180, page 365, and page 375
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- Die Herstellung einer öffentlichen Hegemonie: Humangenomforschung in der deutschen und der US-amerikanischen Presse (German Edition) by Jürgen Gerhards in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Genetically Modified Language: The Discourse of Arguments for GM Crops and Food by Guy Cook in Back Matter
- Genes, Trade, and Regulation: The Seeds of Conflict in Food Biotechnology by Thomas Bernauer in Back Matter
- Gene Therapy: Prospective Technology assessment in its societal context by Jörg Niewöhner on page 198
- Values and Principles in European Union Foreign Policy (Routledge Advances in European Politics) by Sonia Lucarelli in Back Matter
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