The 'book of life' in the press: Comparing German and Irish media discourse on human genome research

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-130

  O'Mahony, Patrick ^a   Schäfer, Mike Steffen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Discourse analysis; Frame analysis; Globalization; Human genome; Mass media; Science journalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENOME; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; IRELAND; MASS MEDIUM;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GENOME, HUMAN; GERMANY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; IRELAND; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 15844386935     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312705046542     Document Type: Article

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