Research project on the public discourses of modern biotechnology and changing media culture.

Director: Dr. Esa Väliverronen, University of Helsinki, Department of Communication.

When speculating about the development of new, science-based technologies, participants cannot rely entirely on what they take to be the established facts. While they think and argue about the shape of things to come, they have no alternative but to create some kind of story that goes beyond these facts. (Michael Mulkay)