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Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 68 No. 1 Pp. 131–154, © American Association for Public Opinion Research 2004; all rights reserved
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Public Opinion About Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning
Matthew C. Nisbet is an assistant professor in the School of Communication at The Ohio State University. Address correspondence to the author; e-mail: nisbet.4@osu.edu.
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Few science and technology–related issues have sparked as much survey attention as the public controversy over human embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning. Interest groups, advocates, and policymakers on both sides of the debate have taken advantage of poll results to support their claims that the public backs their preferred policy outcomes, and the competing camps have staged ongoing public communication campaigns in an effort to shape public opinion. Journalists have also highlighted the results of these surveys, using poll figures to complement their coverage of who is ahead and who is behind in the competition to decide stem cell–and cloning-related policy (Nisbet, Brossard, and Kroepsch 2003).
The study of survey trends detailing public responses to genetic engineering and biotechnology is not new. For example, Singer, Corning, and Lamias (1998) reviewed poll trends specific to genetic testing, gene therapy, and early public reactions to animal and human
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Public Attention to Stem Cell Research |
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Public Understanding of Research and Regulation |
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Moral Dimensions of Embryonic Stem Cell Research |
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Reproductive and Therapeutic Cloning |
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Data Sources and Abbreviations
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Public Attention to Stem Cell Research |
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Public Understanding of Research and Regulation |
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Moral Dimensions of Embryonic Stem Cell Research |
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