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Public communication of emerging sciences and technologies. Problems and challenges in the case of nanotechnology
Javier Gómez-ferriRamón Llopis-goigJosé Manuel De Cózar Escalantesubject
Cultural StudiesLatin AmericansSociology and Political ScienceDelphi methodPublic Communication of scienceDelphi MethodLibrary sciencelcsh:AComunicació científicacomunicación pública de la cienciapublic understanding of scienceGeneral Worksscientific culturePolitical scienceAcomprensión pública de la cienciaLack of knowledgeSocial sciencenanotechnologyNanotecnologiacultura científica nanotecnologíaGeneral Arts and Humanitiesmétodo delphinanoscienceOrdered setdivulgación de la ciencialcsh:General WorksScience popularisationnanocienciaCiènciadescription
This work deals with public understanding of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Concerns about public attitudes towards both, including a lack of knowledge on the part of the general public, have lead scholars in a number of countries to conduct early studies on the social perceptions of these fields. However, this has not been the case in Spain or Latin America, where studies on the popularisation and public understanding of nanotechnology are almost non-existent. This work has a double aim. First, it seeks to contextualise and explain the Spanish situation in this regard. Second, it aims to communicate the results of a Delphi study involving nanotechnology experts (n=38) and designed to fill the above mentioned gap. These results consist of an ordered set of basic content items on nanotechnology that scientists, journalists and educators should bear in mind, as well as some issues to be mindful of with regard to those content items.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-30 | Arbor |