Making NIH Funding Part of the Election Discussion
Category: 2008 Election
Making basic research personally relevant...
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Matthew C. Nisbet, Ph.D, is a professor in the School of Communication at American University where his research focuses on the intersections between science, media, and politics. E-MAIL: nisbetmc@gmail.com
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Nano @ the Movies: The Looming Frame Shift?
Category: Nanotechnology
A focusing event in combination with the entertainment media.
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 2:33 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
New Feature: A Typology of Frames for Science Debates
Category: Enviro/Science Reporting
Heuristics that citizens rely upon to make sense of science controversies.
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 8:41 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Nuclear Energy as a Middle Way: In Canada, Global Warming Sparks a Renaissance for the Technology
Category: FRAME: Public Accountability
In a column last year, I detailed the historical trajectory in the U.S. of frames on nuclear energy, with images moving from very positive interpretations centered on social progress and economic development during the 1950s and 1960s to a very...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 9:30 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why Nicholas Wade Didn't Cover the Amniotic Stem Cell Study, And How He Sees "Wild Overpromise" on Both Sides of the Debate
Category: Enviro/Science Reporting
In the days before the House vote to fund embryonic stem cell research, the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times ran page one stories heralding a Nature Biotech study that indicated stem cells extracted from amniotic fluid might have "near...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 12:39 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION IN THE STEM CELL DEBATE
Category: Stem Cell / Cloning Research
This week all eyes will be on Capitol Hill as Nancy Pelosi and the newly elected House majority push for stem cell legislation that would override President George W. Bush's tight limits on research funding. Supporters will need to...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 9:23 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
REMEMBER ME CANCER? Genetech Turns to Patients to Promote the Social Progress Interpretation
Category: FRAME: Social Progress
Genetech is running ads in the NY Times, The New Yorker, and on their Web site that feature patients offering testimonials framed in social progress terms. The campaign is similar to the Bristol Myers Squib TV ads I described here....
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 12:22 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
REMEMBER ME CANCER? Bristol Myers Squibb Uses Social Progress Frame to Promote Company
Category: FRAME: Social Progress
Last week I noted the use of the "social progress" frame as articulated by Michael J. Fox in campaign commercials running this election season (go here and here.) Dems are not the first to employ this selective definition of science...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 10:42 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
MICHAEL J. FOX SAYS WISCONSIN HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART: Gov. Jim Doyle is the Latest to Assert that the GOP Stands in the Way of Progess, Is Stifling Economic Growth, and that The Party Needs to Be Held Accountable
Category: FRAME: Economic Competitiveness
It used to be that candidates posed with babies, and George W. Bush still does, especially when using photo-ops to frame instantly for the public that stem cell research is really about "research on young humans." To fight back,...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 6:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
IS THE GOP STANDING IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS? Why the Fox Stem Cell Ad is Such an Effective Frame Device
Category: FRAME: Social Progress
It's been a long and very busy week on campus, with several major articles in the works, and midterm grading in full swing. Yet I had to weigh in briefly on the relevance of framing to understanding the controversy...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 9:56 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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