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Responsible Reporting: Neuroimaging News in the Age of Responsible Research and Innovation
Besides offering opportunities in both clinical and non-clinical domains, the application of novel neuroimaging technologies raises pressing dilemmas. ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI) aims to stimulate research and innovation activities that take ethical and social considerations into acc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26208573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-015-9684-7 |
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author | de Jong, Irja Marije Kupper, Frank Arentshorst, Marlous Broerse, Jacqueline |
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description | Besides offering opportunities in both clinical and non-clinical domains, the application of novel neuroimaging technologies raises pressing dilemmas. ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI) aims to stimulate research and innovation activities that take ethical and social considerations into account from the outset. We previously identified that Dutch neuroscientists interpret “responsible innovation” as educating the public on neuroimaging technologies via the popular press. Their aim is to mitigate (neuro)hype, an aim shared with the wider emerging RRI community. Here, we present results of a media-analysis undertaken to establish whether the body of articles in the Dutch popular press presents balanced conversations on neuroimaging research to the public. We found that reporting was mostly positive and framed in terms of (healthcare) progress. There was rarely a balance between technology opportunities and limitations, and even fewer articles addressed societal or ethical aspects of neuroimaging research. Furthermore, neuroimaging metaphors seem to favour oversimplification. Current reporting is therefore more likely to enable hype than to mitigate it. How can neuroscientists, given their self-ascribed social responsibility, address this conundrum? We make a case for a collective and shared responsibility among neuroscientists, journalists and other stakeholders, including funders, committed to responsible reporting on neuroimaging research. |
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spelling | pubmed-49968882016-09-08 Responsible Reporting: Neuroimaging News in the Age of Responsible Research and Innovation de Jong, Irja Marije Kupper, Frank Arentshorst, Marlous Broerse, Jacqueline Sci Eng Ethics Original Paper Besides offering opportunities in both clinical and non-clinical domains, the application of novel neuroimaging technologies raises pressing dilemmas. ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI) aims to stimulate research and innovation activities that take ethical and social considerations into account from the outset. We previously identified that Dutch neuroscientists interpret “responsible innovation” as educating the public on neuroimaging technologies via the popular press. Their aim is to mitigate (neuro)hype, an aim shared with the wider emerging RRI community. Here, we present results of a media-analysis undertaken to establish whether the body of articles in the Dutch popular press presents balanced conversations on neuroimaging research to the public. We found that reporting was mostly positive and framed in terms of (healthcare) progress. There was rarely a balance between technology opportunities and limitations, and even fewer articles addressed societal or ethical aspects of neuroimaging research. Furthermore, neuroimaging metaphors seem to favour oversimplification. Current reporting is therefore more likely to enable hype than to mitigate it. How can neuroscientists, given their self-ascribed social responsibility, address this conundrum? We make a case for a collective and shared responsibility among neuroscientists, journalists and other stakeholders, including funders, committed to responsible reporting on neuroimaging research. Springer Netherlands 2015-07-25 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4996888/ /pubmed/26208573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-015-9684-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper de Jong, Irja Marije Kupper, Frank Arentshorst, Marlous Broerse, Jacqueline Responsible Reporting: Neuroimaging News in the Age of Responsible Research and Innovation |
title | Responsible Reporting: Neuroimaging News in the Age of Responsible Research and Innovation |
title_full | Responsible Reporting: Neuroimaging News in the Age of Responsible Research and Innovation |
title_fullStr | Responsible Reporting: Neuroimaging News in the Age of Responsible Research and Innovation |
title_full_unstemmed | Responsible Reporting: Neuroimaging News in the Age of Responsible Research and Innovation |
title_short | Responsible Reporting: Neuroimaging News in the Age of Responsible Research and Innovation |
title_sort | responsible reporting: neuroimaging news in the age of responsible research and innovation |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26208573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-015-9684-7 |
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