Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schenk, Michael
• Šonje, Deziderio

Titel

Journalists and genetic engineering

Ist Teil von

• New genetics and society, 2000-12, Vol.19 (3), p.331-343

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mass media coverage of genetic engineering is considered as an essential cause of the public image which this technology has. Because most people have only few experiences with this technology, the influence of journalists, who report on genetic engineering, seems to be obviously high. Which attitudes do these journalists have? How do they inform themselves? These and other questions are to be answered by a standardized survey among German journalists. For the first time the results of this study reveal the methods of investigation and source selection of 'genetic engineering journalists' and afford an insight into the journalistic climate of opinion on genetic engineering and its applications. There is clear evidence of an altogether positive global judgement of journalists reporting on this technology, which finds support in their immediate professional social environment.