Nanotechnology, Risk and Communication

2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-50693-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 179 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Drawing together insights from media studies, sociology and science and technology studies, this book is one of the first major studies of media coverage, policy debates and public perceptions of nanotechnologies, and makes a fascinating and timely contribution to debates about the public communication of science.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, A.

Petersen, A.

Wilkinson, C.

Allan, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Reporting Science Risk Society and the Media News Coverage of Nanotechnologies Nanotechnologies, Public Knowledge and the Media Scientists' and Policymakers' Representations of Nanotechnologies Communication about Nanotechnologies in the Future Notes References

Über Autor(innen)

ALISON ANDERSON is Reader in Sociology at the University of Plymouth, UK. She is author of , and co-editor of and .
 
ALAN PETERSEN is Professor of Sociology at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He is also Honorary Visiting Professor at Plymouth University and at City University, London, UK. He has researched and published widely in the fields of health and illness, risk, the body, genetics and nanotechnologies.
 
CLARE WILKINSON is Senior Lecturer in Science Communications at the  University of West of England, UK. She works within the interdisciplinary Science Communication Unit and has published in journals including and
 
STUART ALLAN is Professor of Journalism at Bournemouth University, UK. His books include ; , and . He is currently researching science reporting and the internet with a particular interest in science blogs and citizen journalism.