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ROMANIAN MEDIA COVERAGE ON BIOETHICS, THE ISSUE OF STEM CELLS.

In the last decades, scientific developments are largely discussed and debated mainly at the media level. Based on the agenda setting model, the importance of a certain theme is given by the frequency of its appearances in mass-media. Within this context, this paper focuses on the issue of stem cell...

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Published in:Journal for the Study of Religions & Ideologies Vol. 8; no. 22; pp. 24 - 38
Main Authors: Iancu, Ioana, Balaban, Delia Cristina
Format: Article
Published: S.A.C.R.I. The Academic Society for the Research of Religions & Ideologies Apr2009
Subjects:
Scientific development
Debate
Mass media
Bioethics
Stem cells
Content analysis
Communication methodology
Newspapers
Romania
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:In the last decades, scientific developments are largely discussed and debated mainly at the media level. Based on the agenda setting model, the importance of a certain theme is given by the frequency of its appearances in mass-media. Within this context, this paper focuses on the issue of stem cells and its media coverage in Romania. Using content analysis of the most read national newspapers, the research aims to emphasize two relevant aspects: the stem cells issue is only partly visible in the written media and the debate between ethics and science is rather non-existent.