Grain of Truth The Media, the Public, and Biotechnology

Name: Grain of Truth The Media, the Public, and Biotechnology
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ISBN: 9780742509474

ISBN-10: 0742509478

ISBN-13: 9780742509474

Edition: 2001

Authors: Susanna H. Priest

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A Grain of Truth debunks the myth that growing public distrust of genetically modified organisms can be attributed to scientific illiteracy or sensationalistic news stories. Arguing neither for nor against genetic engineering and other forms of biotechnology, this book charges both media and industry with ignoring the concerns of the general public and encourages greater public debate over biotech and other such complex issues.

Book details

List price: $102.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/6/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


Institutional Hegemony


Science and "Objectivity"


Cultural Context


Mass Media and Public Life



Reinventing Milk


The Early Campaign


Cultural Motifs


Institutional Interest and Public Response



World Reaction


Press and Public Opinion in the West


World Press Issues


Trade Negotiations and "Third World" Issues


India: A Case Study


International News and Corporate Interest



U.S. Public Opinion Emerges


Assessing Public Response


U.S. Public Opinion and the Polls


Science Literacy and Biotechnology


Perceptions of Technological Risk



U.S. Culture and the New Genetics


Culture and Biological Boundaries


Genetics as Nature and Fate


Culture, Media, and Class


Individualism and the Genetic Revolution


Risk, Technology, and Democracy



The Labeling Controversy and Public Perceptions of Risk


Labeling and the Risk Agenda


Labeling and Risk Displacement


Labels and Public Relations


Labeling and Democratic Theory



The Cloning Story


Cloning and Science Journalism


Cloning as a Cultural Phenomenon


Cloning and Institutional Interest



The Terminator Gene


Technology and Corporate Strategy


Breaking into Print


Alternative Accounts


Prospects and Perceptions



Lessons and Directions


References


Index


About the Author