Biotechnology and Communication - The Meta-Technologies of Information

Informationen zum Autor Sandra Braman Klappentext The volume examines the convergence of biotechnology and communication systems and how this convergence directly influences our understanding of the nature of communication. For scholars/students in science communication, cultural studies, information technologies, and sociology. Zusammenfassung Examines the convergence of biotechnology and communication systems and explores how this convergence directly influences our understanding of the nature of communication. It covers: genetic information and "facticity"; social issues and implications; and the economic and legal issues raised by the production and ownership of information. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: S. Braman, Introduction. Part I: The Technologies of Biology and Communication. S. Braman, The Meta-Technologies of Information. Part II: The Concept of Information. D. Ritchie, Information as Metaphor: Biology and Communication. S.S. Wildman, Conditional Expectations Communication and the Impact of Biotechnology. S. Braman, "Are Facts Not Flowers?": Facticity and Genetic Information. Part III: The Ownership of Information. C. May, Justifying Enclosure? Intellectual Property and Meta-Technologies. L. Lievrouw, Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, and the Prospects for Scientific Communication. Part IV: Information and Power. S.H. Priest, T.T. Eyck, Transborder Information, Local Resistance, and the Spiral of Silence: Biotechnology and Public Opinion in the United States. S. Best, D. Kellner, Biotechnology, Democracy, and the Politics of Cloning. G. Murdock, Popular Representation and Postnormal Science: The Struggle Over Genetically Modified Foods.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sandra Braman
• Mitarbeit: Sandra Braman (Herausgeber), Braman Sandra (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 05.03.2004
• EAN: 9780805843040
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-4304-0
• Seiten: 314
• Serien: Routledge Communication Series; Lea's Communication (Hardcover; Routledge Communication Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Genetik, Gentechnik; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Gesellschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Allgemeines, Lexika; COMPUTERS / General, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, biotechnology, Information technology: general issues, Digital and Information technology: general topics