UK national newspaper coverage of hybrid embryos: source strategies and struggles

Williams, Andrew James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9603-4309, Gajevic, Slavko, Lewis, Justin Matthew Wren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5300-9127 and Kitzinger, Jenny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2593-8033 2009. UK national newspaper coverage of hybrid embryos: source strategies and struggles. [Project Report]. Cardiff University.

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Abstract

This report examines the media debates around animal- human admixed embryos as a struggle for favourable coverage between different groups of news sources. The newspaper reporting of hybrid embryos offers insight into an often bitterly fought war of words between two broad interest groups: a large and powerful coalition of scientists, funding bodies, charities and pro-hybrid politicians on the one hand; and on the other, a less cohesive group of religious figures (principally Catholics), ethicists, campaigners, and anti-hybrid embryo politicians. This study also offers insights into the quiet tactical work of media management that usually underpins such struggles.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Publisher:	Cardiff University
Funders:	MRC, Association of Medical Sciences, Wellcome Trust, Science Media Centre, RCUK
Related URLs:	Organisation
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 08:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18448

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