Mediating subpolitics in US and UK science news

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-83

  Jensen, Eric ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abortion; biomedical culture (risk); discourse analysis; media; religion; risk; textual (documents) analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SCIENCE; STATISTICS; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CLONING, ORGANISM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PATIENTS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SCIENCE; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856104370     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510366506     Document Type: Article

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