Biotechnology : the making of a global controversy / edited by M.W. Bauer and G. Gaskell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bauer, Martin W.

Gaskell, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology--Europe--Public opinion.

Biotechnology.

Mass media--Europe.

Mass media.

Public opinion.

Europe.

Biotechnology--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xvii, 411 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; London : Published in association with the Science Museum, 2002.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Researching the public sphere of biotechnology / Martin W. Bauer, George Gaskell 1

Part I The framing of a new technology: 1973-1996

2 Promise, problems and proxies: twenty-five years of debate and regulation in Europe / Helge Torgersen, Jurgen Hampel, Marie-Louise Von Bergmann-Winberg, Eleanor Bridgman, John Durant, Edna Einsiedel, Bjorn Fjaestad, George Gaskell, Petra Grabner, Petra Hieber, Erling Jelsoe, Jesper Lassen, Athena Marouda-Chatjoulis, Torben Hviid Nielsen, Timo Rusanen, George Sakellaris, Franz Seifert, Carla Smink, Tomasz Twardowski, Merci Wambui Kamara 21

3 Media coverage 1973-1996: trends and dynamics / Jan M. Gutteling, Anna Olofsson, Bjorn Fjaestad, Matthias Kohring, Alexander Goerke, Martin W. Bauer, Timo Rusanen, Agnes Allansdottir, Anne Berthomier, Suzanne De Cheveigne, Helle Frederiksen, George Gaskell, Martina Leonarz, Miltos Liakopoulos, Arne Thing Mortensen, Andrzej Przestalski, Georg Ruhrmann, Maria Rusanen, Michael Schanne, Franz Seifert, Angeliki Stathopoulou, Wolfgang Wagner 95

4 The institutions of bioethics / Jean-Christophe Galloux, Arne Thing Mortensen, Suzanne De Cheveigne, Agnes Allansdottir, Aigli Chatjouli, George Sakellaris 129

5 Controversy, media coverage and public knowledge / Martin W. Bauer, Heinz Bonfadelli 149

Part II Public representations in 1996: structures and functions

6 Traditional blue and modern green resistance / Torben Hviid Nielsen, Erling Jelsoe, Susanna Ohman 179

7 The structure of public perceptions / Cees Midden, Daniel Boy, Edna Einsiedel, Bjorn Fjaestad, Miltos Liakopoulos, Jon D. Miller, Susanna Ohman, Wolfgang Wagner 203

8 European regions and the knowledge deficit model / Nick Allum, Daniel Boy, Martin W. Bauer 224

9 Pandora's genes

images of genes and nature / Wolfgang Wagner, Nicole Kronberger, Nick Allum, Suzanne De Cheveigne, Carmen Diego, George Gaskell, Marcus HeinBen, Cees Midden, Marianne Odegaard, Susanna Ohman, Bianca Rizzo, Timo Rusanen, Angeliki Stathopoulou 244

Part III The watershed years 1996/97: two case studies

10 Testing times

the reception of Roundup Ready soya in Europe / Jesper Lassen, Agnes Allansdottir, Miltos Liakopoulos, Arne Thing Mortensen, Anna Olofsson 279

11 Brave new sheep

the clone named Dolly / Edna Einsiedel, Agnes Allansdottir, Nick Allum, Martin W. Bauer, Anne Berthomier, Aigli Chatjouli, Suzanne De Cheveigne, Robin Downey, Jan M. Gutteling, Matthias Kohring, Martina Leonarz, Federica Manzoli, Anna Olofsson, Andrzej Przestalski, Timo Rusanen, Franz Seifert, Angeliki Stathopoulou, Wolfgang Wagner 313

Part IV The transatlantic puzzle

12 Worlds apart? Public opinion in Europe and the USA / George Gaskell, Paul Thompson, Nick Allum 351

Part V Towards a social theory of new technology

13 The biotechnology movement / Martin W. Bauer, George Gaskell 379.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

052177439X

0521773172

OCLC:

48176699

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