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Hype, Hope, and Help: Situating a Science Announcement in a Web of Stories

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This art-science-interaction article focuses on moral implications of a recent science announcement. Against the background of literary and cultural theories, it compares a YouTube story with narratives employed in fictional stories.

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  1. Unless otherwise stated, the statements in quotation marks are quotes from the video. All video statements are marked in italics.

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Both authors thank their departments for supporting their independent research.

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  1. Department Museum and Society, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany

    Julia Diekämper

  2. Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073, Göttingen, Germany

    Solveig Lena Hansen

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Diekämper, J., Hansen, S.L. Hype, Hope, and Help: Situating a Science Announcement in a Web of Stories. Nanoethics 13, 269–272 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-019-00358-z

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