Contributions of Science Fiction to Thinking up (Im)possible Future Societies: Medical Students’ Genetic Imaginary
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Science fiction has been an inexhaustible source for the creation of technoscientific imaginary that marked certain historical periods and influenced production subjectivity. This evokes complex ontological, epistemological, political, social, environmental existential questions on present future. The aim this study was to identify characterize cultural productions accessed by public form opinion about genetic manipulation human beings. A survey sources information influence opinions beings applied 360 medical students (70.8% female). Movies were most commonly mentioned information, followed books, documentaries, news programs, television series, informational videos, soap operas videogames. frequent genre dystopian views future humanity predominated.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1552-4183', '0270-4676']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02704676221150752