Gene Drives in the U.K., U.S., and Australian Press (2015–2019): How a New Focus on Responsibility Is Shaping Science Communication

Gene drive is a controversial biotechnology for pest control. Despite a commitment from gene drive researchers to responsibility and the key role of the media in debates about science and technology, little research has been conducted on media reporting of gene drive. We employ metaphor and discours...

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Autores principales: Stelmach, Aleksandra, Nerlich, Brigitte, Hartley, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Original Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9014678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35449796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10755470211072245
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description Gene drive is a controversial biotechnology for pest control. Despite a commitment from gene drive researchers to responsibility and the key role of the media in debates about science and technology, little research has been conducted on media reporting of gene drive. We employ metaphor and discourse analysis to explore how responsibility is reflected in the coverage of this technology in the U.S., U.K., and Australian press. The findings reveal a rhetorical strategy of trust-building by evoking the moral attributes of gene drive researchers. We discuss the implications of these findings for the communication of new technologies.
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spelling pubmed-90146782022-04-19 Gene Drives in the U.K., U.S., and Australian Press (2015–2019): How a New Focus on Responsibility Is Shaping Science Communication Stelmach, Aleksandra Nerlich, Brigitte Hartley, Sarah Sci Commun Original Research Articles Gene drive is a controversial biotechnology for pest control. Despite a commitment from gene drive researchers to responsibility and the key role of the media in debates about science and technology, little research has been conducted on media reporting of gene drive. We employ metaphor and discourse analysis to explore how responsibility is reflected in the coverage of this technology in the U.S., U.K., and Australian press. The findings reveal a rhetorical strategy of trust-building by evoking the moral attributes of gene drive researchers. We discuss the implications of these findings for the communication of new technologies. SAGE Publications 2022-01-25 2022-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9014678/ /pubmed/35449796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10755470211072245 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short Gene Drives in the U.K., U.S., and Australian Press (2015–2019): How a New Focus on Responsibility Is Shaping Science Communication
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9014678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35449796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10755470211072245
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