The therapeutic cloning debate : global science and journalism in the public sphere / Eric A. Jensen, University of Warwick, UK.

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]

vi, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Introduction -- The struggle to define therapeutic cloning -- Human cloning before dolly -- Epochal change in the contemporary human cloning debate -- Therapeutic cloning science in the global risk society -- Mediating scientific risk in the public sphere -- The role of science journalism -- Previous research on human cloning in the media -- Scientific utopianism and balanced hype -- Scientific dystopianism, balanced hype and haphazard hype -- The role of science fiction in scientific dystopianism -- Scientific nationalism -- Sources: the raw materials of science news -- Framing the science: the role of scientists in the mediated public sphere -- Science politics from below: patient advocates and anti-abortion activists enter the fray -- Science politics from below: anti-abortion groups ascend as the leading opposition -- The ethical experts: professional bioethicists in the therapeutic cloning debate -- Mediating public engagement: promises and problems -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-236) and index.