附註:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The Technologies of Biology and Communication -- The Meta-Technologies of Information / Sandra Braman -- The Concept of Information -- Information as Metaphor: Biology and Communication / David Ritchie -- Conditional Expectations Communication and the Impact of Biotechnology / Steven S. Wildman -- "Are Facts Not Flowers?" : Facticity and Genetic Information / Sandra Braman -- The Ownership of Information -- Justifying Enclosure? Intellectual Property and Meta-Technologies / Christopher May -- Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, and the Prospects for Scientific Communication / Leah A. Lievrouw -- Information and Power -- Transborder Information, Local Resistance, and the Spiral of Silence: Biotechnology and Public Opinion in the United States / Susanna Hornig Priest and Toby Ten Eyck -- Biotechnology, Democracy, and the Politics of Cloning / Steven Best and Douglas Kellner -- Popular Representation and Postnormal Science: The Struggle Over Genetically Modified Foods / Graham Murdock.
摘要: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.
