Nanotechnology and the Public: Risk Perception and Risk Communication

ISBN-13: 9781439826836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 202 str.

Susanna Hornig Priest

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Risk Communication in a Democratic Society. Introducing Nanotechnology to the Public. Risk Communication in Theory and Practice. Public Opinion, Public Perception, and Public Understanding. What Do People Want from Technology? Audiences, Stakeholders, Cultures, and Nanotechnology Risk. Disseminating Information about New Technologies. Lessons and Future Challenges.

O autorze

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.