Nanotechnology and the Public

Risk Perception and Risk Communication
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4398-2683-6
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 304 g

Reihe: Perspectives in Nanotechnology

This quick, easy-to-read reference supplies data and interpretation on the public perception of nanotechnology, along with a discussion of the implications for risk communication. An integral component of the Perspectives in Nanotechnology Series, this book can serve as a stand-alone reference and guide. Following the nationwide survey on which the book’s data is based, the author provides the reader with numerous quotations, previews, anecdotes, and case studies with consistent style and imagery. This reference guide shows how the wide variety of nanotechnologies under development precludes reliance on a single approach.

Zielgruppe

Faculty and students studying science communication or science journalism, risk communication, technical communication or technical writing, and also allied social science fields such as political science and psychology in those courses that are specifically concerned with the adoption of technology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hornig Priest, Susanna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Opinion Surveys

Mental Models and Other Popular Expectations

What do People Want from Technology

What is Risk Communication About

Different Models for Different Applications

Why "Upstream Engagement" and What Does This Mean

New Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Hornig Priest, Susanna
Susanna Priest has been active in research concerning popular perspectives on emerging technologies such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and synthetic biology since the 1980s. She is editor of Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice, a leading journal in its field, author or editor of three books, and author or co-author of dozens of book chapters, journal articles, and reports about public responses to science and technology. Her work on nanotechnology public perception has been supported by several National Science Foundation grants. She is presently Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.