Priest, Susanna Hornig.,

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.

9781315217871 9781351825078 9781439826843

10.1201/b11200 doi


Nanotechnology--Risk assessment.
Nanotechnology--Social aspects.

T174.7 / .N3752 2012

620.5 / P949