Nanotechnology and the public risk perception and risk communication

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Author:

Priest, Susanna Hornig.

ISBN:

9781439826843

Publication Information:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.

Physical Description:

xi, 190 p. : ill.

Series:

Perspectives in nanotechnology

Series Title:

Perspectives in nanotechnology

Contents:

1. Risk communication in a democratic society -- 2. Introducing nanotechology to the public -- 3. Risk communication in theory and practice -- 4. Public opinion, public perception, and public understanding -- 5. What do people want from technology? -- 6. Audiences, stakeholders, cultures, and nanotechnology risk -- 7. Disseminating information about new technologies -- 8. Lessons and future challenges.

Subject Term:

Nanotechnology -- Social aspects.

Nanotechnology -- Risk assessment.

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