Edna F Einsiedel
Biographic Data
| ID | 873517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edna F Einsiedel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edna F |
| FAMILY NAME | Einsiedel |
| SIGNATURE | EINSIEDEL E F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Representation of Biofuels in Political Cartoons
Biofuels are an important component in the suite of renewable energy alternatives but their development trajectory has been fraught with controversy. This study investigated the representation of biofuels in political cartoons on the Internet. Political cartoons have relied on informative, persuasive, and performative attributes to engender critical reflection and mobilize action. We analyzed a corpus of 130 relevant cartoons obtained through Goo…
Communities of fate and the challenges of international public participation in transnational governance contexts
A trans-national public consultation on climate change was held in 38 countries to provide citizen input to the 2009 UN Framework on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP15) meeting in Copenhagen. The uniform process involving 100 citizens in the participating countries focused on the key policy questions debated by participating countries. Based on the Canadian experience with this consultation and interviews with 13 other project manage…
Stem Cell Tourism and Future Stem Cell Tourists
Stem cell tourism is a small but growing part of the thriving global medical tourism marketplace. Much stem cell research remains at the experimental stage, with clinical trials still uncommon. However, there are over 700 clinics estimated to be operating in mostly developing countries – from Costa Rica and Argentina to China, India and Russia – that have lured many patients, mostly from industrialized countries, driven by desperation and hope, w…
Framing genetic risk
This study looks at Internet direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for genetic testing to assess the way in which genetic risk information is framed to consumers, and strategies to establish trust and credibility in this context.Keywords specific to genetic test DTC advertising were entered into popular Internet search engines, arriving at 22 companies.Representations of benefits and risks on company websites were coded and themes were developed …
Participação pública em Ciência e Tecnologia
Dwarfing the Social? Nanotechnology Lessons from the Biotechnology Front
Biotechnology and nanotechnology are both strategic technologies, and the former provides several lessons that could contribute to more successful embedding and integration processes for the latter. This article identifies some of the key questions emerging from the biotechnology experience and summarizes several lessons learned in the context of constructive technology assessment. This approach broadens the range of social considerations relevan…
Assessing a controversial medical technology
A policy question was posed in 2001 to Canadian publics: should Canada proceed with clinical trials on xenotransplantation and if so, under what conditions ? As part of its development of policy and regulations on this medical technology, Health Canada and the Canadian Public Health Association implemented a public consultation process that included a public opinion survey and deliberative citizen fora modeled along the citizens' jury. This study…
GM Food Labeling
The battle over genetically modified foods is one reflecting ongoing battles over controversial science, and the labeling of these foods is one arena in which these controversies are played out. This article argues that labeling represents attempts to balance consumers' rights to information, their desires for foods with preferred qualities, industry interests in beneficial production arrangements as well as matching market preferences, regulator…
Consensus Conferences as Deliberative Democracy
Consensus conferences involve a small group of citizens who go through a learning process on a given technological issue, engage experts, and develop an assessment of the key issues they identify as critical. These models of technology assessment, intended to make the process more democratic, have increasingly been used in Europe. This study examines the first application in Canada on the issue of food biotechnology. It examines the consensus con…
Mental Maps of Science
Journal Article MENTAL MAPS OF SCIENCE: KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES AMONG CANADIAN ADULTS Get access Edna F. Einsiedel Edna F. Einsiedel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 6, Issue 1, SPRING 1994, Pages 35–44, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/6.1.35 Published: 01 March 1994
Framing science and technology in the Canadian press
This paper reports on a content analysis of science coverage in seven major Canadian daily newspapers. The study focused specifically on the images of science promoted in the media via the topics portrayed more frequently, the patterns of source use, and types of news formats. Also examined were the stories' overall tone, the consequences of science presented, and the ways in which processes of science were described. Underlying these description…
The British, Canadian, and U.S. Pornography Commissions and Their Use of Social Science Research
A review of the three commissions in terms of their definitions of pornography, their positions on its potential effects, and their recommendations shows substantial variation in sociopolitical interpretations and regard for social science evidence
VCRs in Canada
With the entry of the videocassette recorder into the home entertainment market in 1975, the new distribution system has become the conduit to what has been perceived by some as entertainment bounty and diversity, and by others as yet another tool for cultural onslaught. The proliferation of this technology which has shifted controls to the user rather than the sender has in fact led one researcher to describe the situation as "cultural imperiali…
Consensus Conferences as Deliberative Democracy
Consensus conferences involve a small group of citizens who go through a learning process on a given technological issue, engage experts, and develop an assessment of the key issues they identify as critical. These models of technology assessment, intended to make the process more democratic, have increasingly been used in Europe. This study examines the first application in Canada on the issue of food biotechnology. It examines the consensus con…
Mental Maps of Science
Journal Article MENTAL MAPS OF SCIENCE: KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES AMONG CANADIAN ADULTS Get access Edna F. Einsiedel Edna F. Einsiedel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 6, Issue 1, SPRING 1994, Pages 35–44, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/6.1.35 Published: 01 March 1994
VCRs in Canada
With the entry of the videocassette recorder into the home entertainment market in 1975, the new distribution system has become the conduit to what has been perceived by some as entertainment bounty and diversity, and by others as yet another tool for cultural onslaught. The proliferation of this technology which has shifted controls to the user rather than the sender has in fact led one researcher to describe the situation as "cultural imperiali…
The British, Canadian, and U.S. Pornography Commissions and Their Use of Social Science Research
A review of the three commissions in terms of their definitions of pornography, their positions on its potential effects, and their recommendations shows substantial variation in sociopolitical interpretations and regard for social science evidence
Framing science and technology in the Canadian press
This paper reports on a content analysis of science coverage in seven major Canadian daily newspapers. The study focused specifically on the images of science promoted in the media via the topics portrayed more frequently, the patterns of source use, and types of news formats. Also examined were the stories' overall tone, the consequences of science presented, and the ways in which processes of science were described. Underlying these description…
Mental Maps of Science
Journal Article MENTAL MAPS OF SCIENCE: KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES AMONG CANADIAN ADULTS Get access Edna F. Einsiedel Edna F. Einsiedel Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 6, Issue 1, SPRING 1994, Pages 35–44, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/6.1.35 Published: 01 March 1994
Consensus Conferences as Deliberative Democracy
Consensus conferences involve a small group of citizens who go through a learning process on a given technological issue, engage experts, and develop an assessment of the key issues they identify as critical. These models of technology assessment, intended to make the process more democratic, have increasingly been used in Europe. This study examines the first application in Canada on the issue of food biotechnology. It examines the consensus con…
Assessing a controversial medical technology
A policy question was posed in 2001 to Canadian publics: should Canada proceed with clinical trials on xenotransplantation and if so, under what conditions ? As part of its development of policy and regulations on this medical technology, Health Canada and the Canadian Public Health Association implemented a public consultation process that included a public opinion survey and deliberative citizen fora modeled along the citizens' jury. This study…
GM Food Labeling
The battle over genetically modified foods is one reflecting ongoing battles over controversial science, and the labeling of these foods is one arena in which these controversies are played out. This article argues that labeling represents attempts to balance consumers' rights to information, their desires for foods with preferred qualities, industry interests in beneficial production arrangements as well as matching market preferences, regulator…
Dwarfing the Social? Nanotechnology Lessons from the Biotechnology Front
Biotechnology and nanotechnology are both strategic technologies, and the former provides several lessons that could contribute to more successful embedding and integration processes for the latter. This article identifies some of the key questions emerging from the biotechnology experience and summarizes several lessons learned in the context of constructive technology assessment. This approach broadens the range of social considerations relevan…
Participação pública em Ciência e Tecnologia
Framing genetic risk
This study looks at Internet direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for genetic testing to assess the way in which genetic risk information is framed to consumers, and strategies to establish trust and credibility in this context.Keywords specific to genetic test DTC advertising were entered into popular Internet search engines, arriving at 22 companies.Representations of benefits and risks on company websites were coded and themes were developed …
Stem Cell Tourism and Future Stem Cell Tourists
Stem cell tourism is a small but growing part of the thriving global medical tourism marketplace. Much stem cell research remains at the experimental stage, with clinical trials still uncommon. However, there are over 700 clinics estimated to be operating in mostly developing countries – from Costa Rica and Argentina to China, India and Russia – that have lured many patients, mostly from industrialized countries, driven by desperation and hope, w…
Communities of fate and the challenges of international public participation in transnational governance contexts
A trans-national public consultation on climate change was held in 38 countries to provide citizen input to the 2009 UN Framework on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP15) meeting in Copenhagen. The uniform process involving 100 citizens in the participating countries focused on the key policy questions debated by participating countries. Based on the Canadian experience with this consultation and interviews with 13 other project manage…
The Representation of Biofuels in Political Cartoons
Biofuels are an important component in the suite of renewable energy alternatives but their development trajectory has been fraught with controversy. This study investigated the representation of biofuels in political cartoons on the Internet. Political cartoons have relied on informative, persuasive, and performative attributes to engender critical reflection and mobilize action. We analyzed a corpus of 130 relevant cartoons obtained through Goo…
Political science (12 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Economics (3 works)