Human Cloning and the Raelians: Media Coverage and the Rhetoric of Science

In this article, the author analyzes the reported coverage on human cloning and the Raelians in the Spanish newspaper El País. On December 27, 2002, Brigitte Boisselier, the director of the biotechnology company Clonaid, part of the International Raelian Movement, announced they had successfully clo...

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Autor: Alcíbar, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Palabra clave:Human cloning
Clonación humana
Prensa
El País (Periódico)
Ciencia en los medios de comunicación
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title Human Cloning and the Raelians: Media Coverage and the Rhetoric of Science
spellingShingle Human Cloning and the Raelians: Media Coverage and the Rhetoric of Science
Alcíbar, Miguel
Human cloning
Clonación humana
Prensa
El País (Periódico)
Ciencia en los medios de comunicación
title_short Human Cloning and the Raelians: Media Coverage and the Rhetoric of Science
title_full Human Cloning and the Raelians: Media Coverage and the Rhetoric of Science
title_fullStr Human Cloning and the Raelians: Media Coverage and the Rhetoric of Science
title_full_unstemmed Human Cloning and the Raelians: Media Coverage and the Rhetoric of Science
title_sort Human Cloning and the Raelians: Media Coverage and the Rhetoric of Science
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alcíbar, Miguel
author Alcíbar, Miguel
author_facet Alcíbar, Miguel
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Periodismo I
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Human cloning
Clonación humana
Prensa
El País (Periódico)
Ciencia en los medios de comunicación
topic Human cloning
Clonación humana
Prensa
El País (Periódico)
Ciencia en los medios de comunicación
description In this article, the author analyzes the reported coverage on human cloning and the Raelians in the Spanish newspaper El País. On December 27, 2002, Brigitte Boisselier, the director of the biotechnology company Clonaid, part of the International Raelian Movement, announced they had successfully cloned a baby girl. This news report enlivened the controversy on human cloning, which originated in February 1997 with the news of Dolly’s birth. El País constructed the controversy as a fundamental problem of scientific policy. This study suggests that El País wants to persuade policy makers to establish limited regulations on experimentation with embryo stem cells for therapeutic purposes. To achieve this goal, this newspaper used scientific sources selected ad hoc and a series of well-defined rhetorical strategies.
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