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Power without Responsibility: Media Portrayals of Dolly and Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

TOM WILKIE  and
ELIZABETH GRAHAM
TOM WILKIE
Affiliation:
Wellcome Trust's Unit for Policy Research in Science and Medicine
ELIZABETH GRAHAM
Affiliation:
Wellcome Trust
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Abstract

The majority of adults in Britain cite the mass media as their main source of information about developments in science and technology. This alone makes it worth studying how the press covered the story of Dolly the cloned sheep. However, the media's reporting of Dolly revealed serious difficulties in the relationship of science to society. Although there were failures of journalistic accuracy and balance, these should not be allowed to obscure the deeper issues.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: CLONING: TECHNOLOGY, POLICY, AND ETHICS
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 150 - 159
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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