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How Brazilian and North American Newspapers Frame the Stem Cell Research Debate

Raul Reis

California State University Long Beach, rreis{at}csulb.edu

Stem cell research has become one of the hottest scientific topics in the past few years. By combining the ability to exactly self-duplicate and the potential to differentiate themselves to constitute any organic tissue, embryonic stem cells have presented geneticists and medical researchers with a new wealth of possibilities to treat and cure degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. By relying heavily on discarded embryonic lines, stem cell research has also generated a new host of ethical and political controversies. The concept of media frames was employed to analyze how some of the main Brazil- and U.S.-based newspapers have framed and presented the stem cell research debate. The analysis indicates that while in Brazil the issue has been presented from a scientific (and mostly positive) point of view, in the United States the debate has been dominated by its political and ethical dimensions.

Key Words: stem cell research • media frames • newspapers • Brazil

Science Communication, Vol. 29, No. 3, 316-334 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1075547007312394
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