How Media Influences the Portrayal of Stem Cell Research
Swikriti Dasgupta
INTRODUCTION
Link to Media and Stem Cells:
Facebook. Twitter. Myspace. YouTube. Fox. BBC. NBC. Snapchat, Instagram etc. If you did not post a photo of the food you ate, did you actually eat it? If you did not check in the place you visited, did you actually go there? If you think about it, we are live at all times on social media. Everybody knows what we are doing, where we are going, what we are eating, and what we are thinking; there seems to be very minimal privacy in our lives today. The Media has the power to transform our values, decisions, and perspectives on certain issues. Social media is used to show what is happening in the lives of celebrities, sports people or used nowadays to even show how science is advancing. Stem cells is a huge part of science today. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent; they are undifferentiated and unspecialized cells, which could be transformed into any kind of cells (CampbellBrookings 143). It is a very controversial topic because it correlates with the occurrence of ethical debates currently, according to certain news channels. I have chosen to focus on the perspectives of the …show more content…
As seen in the article “Stem Cells, through a Religious Lens”, it shows that Muslims held the belief that they were anti stem cells, however as time progressed, Muslims started to be for it as mentioned in the article “Stem Cells Research”. Therefore, it can be inferred that the change of perspectives in Muslims is deeply correlated with the advancement of the media. So now, as mentioned in the article by the CampbellBrookings Institution Press, Muslims have transitioned from anti to pro stem cells (CampbellBrookings 143). They now believe in the scientific aspect of it. They know that embryos are potential lives only if they survive 40 days after production (BBC
Swikriti Dasgupta
INTRODUCTION
Link to Media and Stem Cells:
Facebook. Twitter. Myspace. YouTube. Fox. BBC. NBC. Snapchat, Instagram etc. If you did not post a photo of the food you ate, did you actually eat it? If you did not check in the place you visited, did you actually go there? If you think about it, we are live at all times on social media. Everybody knows what we are doing, where we are going, what we are eating, and what we are thinking; there seems to be very minimal privacy in our lives today. The Media has the power to transform our values, decisions, and perspectives on certain issues. Social media is used to show what is happening in the lives of celebrities, sports people or used nowadays to even show how science is advancing. Stem cells is a huge part of science today. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent; they are undifferentiated and unspecialized cells, which could be transformed into any kind of cells (CampbellBrookings 143). It is a very controversial topic because it correlates with the occurrence of ethical debates currently, according to certain news channels. I have chosen to focus on the perspectives of the …show more content…
As seen in the article “Stem Cells, through a Religious Lens”, it shows that Muslims held the belief that they were anti stem cells, however as time progressed, Muslims started to be for it as mentioned in the article “Stem Cells Research”. Therefore, it can be inferred that the change of perspectives in Muslims is deeply correlated with the advancement of the media. So now, as mentioned in the article by the CampbellBrookings Institution Press, Muslims have transitioned from anti to pro stem cells (CampbellBrookings 143). They now believe in the scientific aspect of it. They know that embryos are potential lives only if they survive 40 days after production (BBC