Article ID: CBB032798904

Attention to Stem Cell Research in Japanese Mass Media: Twenty-Year Macrotrends and the Gap between Media Attention and Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (2016)

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This article aims to describe time-lined changes in the topics and framings of stem cell research (SCR) and regenerative medicine (RM) in Japanese mass media after the 1990s. Seventy-four hundred news articles were collected and analyzed for co-word network structures. Network changes concerning keywords such as ethics (rinri 倫理), egg (ranshi 卵子), and guidelines (shishin 指針) were found to be features of Japanese media discourse. In particular, after the appearance of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in 2007, there was a rapid decrease in the number and variety of connections with keywords related to ethical aspects. This result reveals changes in the position and treatment of the ethical aspects of SCR, indicating a peripheralization of ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) in current Japanese media. The gap between the actual status of ELSI and media attention will seriously affect the agenda building and frame building of the public.

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Authors & Contributors
Aird, Rosemary
Allgaier, Joachim
Almeida, Carla
Asayama, Shinichiro
Atkinson, Lucy
Buys, Laurie
Journals
Science Communication
Public Understanding of Science
Science, Technology, and Human Values
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Concepts
Public opinion
Communication of scientific ideas
Science and technology studies (STS)
Science and politics
Stem cells
Mass media
People
Calarco, Matthew
Karnicky, Jeff
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Japan
Brazil
Great Britain
Australia
India
Korea
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