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Current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology
This review explores research on public perceptions of nanotechnology. It highlights a recurring emphasis on some researchers’ expectations that there will be a meaningful relationship between awareness of nanotechnology and positive views about nanotechnology. The review, however, also notes that t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22460398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3134/ehtj.10.164 |
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description | This review explores research on public perceptions of nanotechnology. It highlights a recurring emphasis on some researchers’ expectations that there will be a meaningful relationship between awareness of nanotechnology and positive views about nanotechnology. The review, however, also notes that this emphasis is tacitly and explicitly rejected by a range of multivariate studies that emphasize the key roles of non-awareness variables, such as, trust, general views about science, and overall worldview. The review concludes with a discussion of likely future research directions, including the expectation that social scientists will continue to focus on nanotechnology as a unique opportunity to study how individuals assess risk in the context of relatively low levels of knowledge. |
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spelling | pubmed-31676572011-09-07 Current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology Besley, J Emerg Health Threats J Review Articles This review explores research on public perceptions of nanotechnology. It highlights a recurring emphasis on some researchers’ expectations that there will be a meaningful relationship between awareness of nanotechnology and positive views about nanotechnology. The review, however, also notes that this emphasis is tacitly and explicitly rejected by a range of multivariate studies that emphasize the key roles of non-awareness variables, such as, trust, general views about science, and overall worldview. The review concludes with a discussion of likely future research directions, including the expectation that social scientists will continue to focus on nanotechnology as a unique opportunity to study how individuals assess risk in the context of relatively low levels of knowledge. CoAction Publishing 2010-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3167657/ /pubmed/22460398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3134/ehtj.10.164 Text en © 2010 J Besley; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Articles Besley, J Current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology |
title | Current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology |
title_full | Current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology |
title_fullStr | Current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology |
title_full_unstemmed | Current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology |
title_short | Current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology |
title_sort | current research on public perceptions of nanotechnology |
topic | Review Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22460398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3134/ehtj.10.164 |
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