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Science Communication, Bioethical Dilemmas, and New Media |
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Authors: |
Tsakalakis, Thomas |
Subject: | LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > ANTHROPOLOGY AND MASS MEDIA LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > FORMATION OF POLITICAL OPINION, DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL ORIENTATION > POLITICAL COMMUNICATION LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL ETHICS AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES > POLITICAL CORRECTNESS LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY > MASS PHENOMENA > COMMUNICATION HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ETHICS > PERSPECTIVES AND LEVELS OF ETHICS > APPLIED ETHICS > BIOETHICS HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ETHICS > PERSPECTIVES AND LEVELS OF ETHICS > APPLIED ETHICS > ETHICS OF SCIENCE HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ETHICS > PERSPECTIVES AND LEVELS OF ETHICS > APPLIED ETHICS > MEDIA ETHICS HUMANITIES AND ARTS > PHILOSOPHY > SCIENCE, LOGIC, AND MATHEMATICS (PHILOSOPHY) > PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, MISCELLANEOUS HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS HUMANITIES AND ARTS > EDUCATION AND EDUCATION SCIENCES HUMANITIES AND ARTS > PHILOSOPHY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ETHICS MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > LIFE SCIENCES |
Keywords: |
Science communication
Bioethics Frame analysis Fake news Post-truth Sensationalism Public sphere Anti-intellectualism Political correctness Stereotypes Digital media Celebrity culture Popularization Medialization Biopolitics Echo chamber Moral agent Constructivism |
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Abstract: |
Science communication aims at providing the public with simplified information about techno-scientific matters and at inspiring citizens to get actively involved in the production of the pertinent knowledge and in critically examining its effects on their daily lives. Bioethics is part of the so-called “applied ethics”, and it proposes the development of general public policies as well as the implementation of practical measures for dealing with various problems concerning life sciences, technology, and the environment, by taking into account certain moral and/or sociocultural values. In both these fields of study and research, framing, that is to say, the promotion of particular descriptions of the aforementioned dilemmas, their causal interpretations, and recommended ways of handling them, plays a decisive role in how citizens and politicians understand and approach said dilemmas. Thus, the manner in which the mass media, and especially ─in our day and age─ the digital ones, are used by science communicators (be they specialized journalists, lay individuals, or members of the scientific community) and by bioethical thinkers in the relevant public debates has significant ramifications as regards a broad spectrum of issues; to name but a few, from public health to the potential dangers of robotics, and from climate change to the required differentiation between useful popularization and misleading populism.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Tsakalakis, Thomas |
Graphic Editors: |
Galati, Katerina |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 06-03-2023 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-5726-56-0 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-175 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/9167 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Tsakalakis, T. (2023). Science Communication, Bioethical Dilemmas, and New Media [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-175 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Introduction: Epistemological Prerequisites 2. The Sociopolitical Significance of Bioethics and of Science Communication 3. The Difficulty of “Manufacturing the Consent” of the Public in Respect to the True Picture of Crucial Scientific Issues Within a Communication Context of “Post-truth”, “Fake News”, and “Alternative Facts” 4. Popularization of Science, Anti-intellectualism, and the “Sagan Effect” 5. Positive and Negative Implications of Political Correctness for Science and for Science Communication 6. The Importance of Framing in Relation to the Research on “Orphan Drugs” 7. Transhumanism, Artificial Intelligence, and Humanoid Robots: Exaggerations and Stereotypes 8. The “Ethical Right to Life”: Overpopulation, Abortions, and Euthanasia 9. The Debate on what is “Normal” and what is “Pathological” that Takes Place in the Contemporary Public Sphere 10. Climate Change and Exoplanets: Fake News and Misleading Sensationalism |
Number of pages |
278 |
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