Human Cloning in the Media: From Science Fiction to Science Practice

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Joan Haran (CESAGEN, Cardiff University, UK) Jenny Kitzinger (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)

Human Cloning in the Media

From Science Fiction to Science Practice

Joan Haran (CESAGEN, Cardiff University, UK), Jenny Kitzinger (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom), Maureen McNeil (Lancaster University, UK) , Kate O'Riordan (CESAGen, Lancaster University and University of Sussex, UK)

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Routledge
19 May 2014

Media studies; Genetic engineering

Series: Genetics and Society

This book examines the making of human cloning as an imaginary practice and scientific fact. It explores the controversies surrounding both ‘therapeutic cloning’ for stem cell research and ‘reproductive’ cloning. The authors analyse the cultural production of cloning, how practices and representations play out in the global arena, and its transformation from science fiction to science practice. Case studies are used to illustrate key fore grounded issues:

the image of the scientist, scientific expertise and institutions the governance of science the representation of women’s bodies as the subjects and objects of biotechnology

the constitution of publics, both as objects of media debate, and as their intended audience.

Drawing together the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, with insights from media and cultural studies, this book offers a timely contribution to debates about the public communication of science and the status of scientific truth. This book will be a valuable companion to students on undergraduate courses in media studies, science communication, cultural studies, science and technology studies and sociology.

By: Joan Haran (CESAGEN Cardiff University UK), Jenny Kitzinger (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom), Maureen McNeil (Lancaster University, UK), Kate O'Riordan (CESAGen, Lancaster University and University of Sussex, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9780415759663
ISBN 10: 0415759668
Series: Genetics and Society
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 19 May 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joan Haran is a Research Associate in the ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen), at Cardiff University. Jenny Kitzinger is Professor of Media and Communication Research at Cardiff University. Maureen McNeil is Professor of Women's Studies and Cultural Studies at Lancaster University. Kate O’Riordan is Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at the University of Sussex.

Reviews for Human Cloning in the Media: From Science Fiction to Science Practice

"""This text serves those well versed in technoscience and science technology studies who are interested in the role of the media as well as those well versed in visual and cultural studies interested in the compelling case of genetic science in contemporary culture. The text is based on a wide range of well-documented fieldwork and is a good start to the analysis in this cross-disciplinary area of media and technoscience."" -- Annette Burfoot, Queens University, Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2008 If there is any general conclusion one can reach about contemporary genomics,it is that it is composed of many splinters of interest, commitment and belief. It brings together disparate expectations and dreams, in a sometimes fantastic way, in sources ranging from the seemingly sedate transcriptions of committee meeting minutes, to stealth Internet sites, to peer-reviewed papers in Science. Haran, Kitzinger, McNeil and O’Riordan have captured this crazy quilt aesthetic in a book that is now required reading for anyone interested in understanding the public worlds of human cloning. Science as Culture, Susan Lindee"