Abstract:When I first started at the Center, I approached our public affairs and communications manager to see if I could help bolster our Twitter presence. I saw social media as having a potential to reach people in a way academic papers and conferences never could. My own desire to see knowledge of bioethical issues seep into the general public's consciousness fueled this optimistic view. Twitter seemed to be an especially effective method of widening the reach of bioethics. It would help create a wider Hastings Cent… Show more
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