Nanotechnology and the public : risk perception and risk communication /
Susanna Hornig Priest.
- 1 online resource (xi, 190 pages)
- Perspectives in nanotechnology .
- Perspectives in nanotechnology. .
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.