Genetics, cyberspace and bioethics: why not a public engagement with ethics?

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

The representation of science, medicine, and technology has been an emerging agenda item for cultural and media research in the last decade. In part, its importance arises out of a concern for the public understanding of science (PUoS), which has been a priority in governmental policy discussions. This paper discusses how the utilization of cyberspatial communities can address the challenge of developing a global engagement with science and ethics, by considering the case of genetic technology and the role of experts in public debate. It critically appraises the PUoS and suggests that a way of advancing its methodological assumptions is through developing a “Public Engagemen with Ethics.” On this basis, concerns about scientific journalism are more effectively contextualized and enhance the possibility of ensuring that non-experts are aware of the importance of any scientific innovation.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 409-421
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Public Understanding of Science, 14(4)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Miah, Andy
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2005

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662505056616
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-223892
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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