Nano-Publics (eBook)

Communicating Nanotechnology Applications, Risks, and Regulations

Pat J. Gehrke (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2018
XI, 94 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-69611-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book discusses the results and implications of a two-year public engagement program on nanotechnology. Led by eleven diverse civic groups across the United States, the program events covered a wide range of applications and sparked robust discussions concerning risk and regulation. Through computer-assisted qualitative data analysis, video recordings of the events were coded for expressed levels of knowledge, positive and negative audience responses, perceptions of risk, views on regulation, and speakers' communication behaviors. These results add richness, nuance, and complexity to our perception of the public's understanding of nanotechnology, its support for regulation, and effective practices of science communication in the context of nanotechnology and other emerging technologies. Nano-Publics also offers further guidance for public engagement research, the regulation of emerging technologies, and potential science communication campaigns.

Pat J. Gehrke is Associate Professor in the Speech Communication and Rhetoric Program at the University of South Carolina, USA. He is also an associate member of the North Carolina State University Public Communication of Science and Technology Project, and a former editor of the Review of Communication.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments 5
Contents 6
List of Figures 7
List of Tables 8
Chapter 1: Organic Public Engagement with Nanotechnology: Advantages and Challenges 9
Works Cited 27
Chapter 2: Public Understanding of Nanotechnology: How Publics Know 29
Works Cited 45
Chapter 3: Nanotechnology Applications and Risks: Valences and Ambiguities 46
Works Cited 56
Chapter 4: Government Regulation of Nanotechnology: Imperfectly Essential 57
Works Cited 68
Chapter 5: Lessons for Science Communicators: Assumptions and Assessment 70
Models of Effective Communication 71
The Communication Ecology 72
Purposes 74
Contexts 77
Externalities 82
The Science Communicator’s Role and Persona 83
Framing Your Message 87
Works Cited 89
Master Works Cited 91
Index 96

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.10.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 94 p. 5 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: civic engagement • Future Technologies • Government Regulations • nanotechnology • Public Communication • Public Understanding of Science • Rhetoric of Science and Technology • Science and Technology Studies • Science Communication
• ISBN-10: 3-319-69611-4 / 3319696114
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-69611-9 / 9783319696119