Scientific sensationalism in American and British press coverage of therapeutic cloning

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-54

  Jensen, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloning; Journalism; Risk society; Stem cell research

Indexed keywords

CLONE; MASS MEDIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859345449     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: 2161430X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077699011428592     Document Type: Article

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