Stem-Cell Spin: Covering the Hwang Affair in Science and Nature

Science as Culture

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-373

  Kjaergaard, Rikke Schmidt ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

framing; news coverage; news narratives; scientific fraud; scientific journals; Stem cell research; Woo Suk Hwang

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858755133     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2010.549822     Document Type: Article

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