Public Perception

Authors: Sheetz, Tanya ; Vidal, Jorge ; Pearson, Thomas D. ; Lozano, Karen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Technology in Society
Abstract: This study addresses current social and ethical concerns as well as the public's perception of research and development in nanotechnology. Significant efforts have to be made to increase public awareness of this new field in order t...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.04.010

Authors: Macoubrie, J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Public Understanding of Science
Abstract: A survey of United States citizens' concerns about nanotechnology development found a low trust in government to manage risks, especially in the areas of medical and industrial uses of the new technology. This distrust was largely b...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506056993

Authors: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: The author identifies four areas of policy that are likely to interfere to society’s ability to give or withhold free informed consent to the risks that may be related to nanotechnology. To attain this informed consent, the author s...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-007-0003-x

Authors: Schuler, Emmanuelle
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Health Law Review
Abstract: Initial toxicological studies of nanotechnology have received a lot of attention from scientists, industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), specialized media, and the mass media. Environmental groups such as ETC have called f...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/hli/pdfs/hlr/v12_3/12-3-07%20Schuler.pdf

Authors: Service, R. F.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science
Abstract: As the use of nanotechnology grows, some observers worry that regulators will not be able to keep pace with the release of new nanotech-based products. Article summarizes some of the research on the potential health and environmenta...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1126/science.304.5678.1732

Authors: Roco, Mihail ; Tomellini, Renzo
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: Third Joint EC-NSF Workshop on Nanotechnology. January 31-Febuary 1, 2002. Lecce, Italy
Abstract: Report from the third joint European Community and the United States National Science Foundation Workshop on Nanotechnology, "Nanotechnology: Revolutionary Opportunities & Societal Implications," January 31-February 1, 2002 in Lecce...
Year: 2002
URL: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/nanotechnology/docs/nano_lecce_proceedings_05062002.pdf

Authors: Kulinowski, Kristen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
Abstract: Despite nanotechnology's relatively recent emergence, the field is already receiving generous government funding and enthusiastic media coverage. The tenor of this coverage is changing, however, as the voices of critics begin to sou...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1177/0270467604263112

Authors: Reynolds, Glenn H.
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: Popular Mechanics
Abstract: With the term "nano" fast becoming a marketing slogan, author Glenn Reynolds worries that health scares like the 2006 health problems caused by the cleaning product "Magic Nano" in Germany that turned out not to contain nanoparticl...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/3861147?page=2

Authors: Brumfiel, Geoff
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: Nanotechnology is set to be the next big campaign focus for environmental groups. Can scientists avoid the mistakes made over genetically modified food, and secure public support? ...
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1038/424246a

Authors: Laing, Andrew ; Cormex Research ; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Technologies
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Report examines the news media during the year 2004 in both the United States and Canada in order to provide researchers with an understanding how the news media has covered nanotechnology research and development. The report compar...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nanotechproject.org%2Ffile_download%2F25&ei=QxJPTJfJI4aDnger8JSSBw&usg=AFQjCNEMAGE0WMuTjmZ7F_hlfE3m1q59Cg

Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Health Law Review
Abstract: Utopian and dystopian visions of nanotechnology are prominent in both the public press and academic literature. Proponents argue that nanotechnologies will help clean the environment, produce cheap energy and eliminate poverty, whil...
Year: 2004

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Authors: Lin, Patrick
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Ethical Corporation
Abstract: Nanotechnology is arriving on the global scene at a perilous time. Following in the footsteps of major corporate disasters such as Monsanto and Enron, ethics has never been so closely tied with companies' reputations or public relat...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.nanoethics.org/EthicalCorpMag_June06.pdf

Authors: Satterfield, Terre ; Kandlikar, Milind ; Beaudrie, Christian E. H. ; Conti, Joseph ; Harthorn, Barbara Herr
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: This article reports on a survey that looked at how the public view the potential risks associated with nanotechnology. The authors found that about have the public had some familiarity with nanotechnology, and three out of four ind...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.nature.com.proxy2.library.uiuc.edu/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/nnano.2009.265.pdf

Authors: Bowman, Diana M. ; Hodge, Graeme A. ; Binks, Peter
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Abstract: Using the example of Michael Crichton's novel Prey as an example, the author looks at the role popular culture can play in shaping the public acceptance of emerging technologies like nanotechnology. The author concludes that popular...
Year: 2007

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Authors: Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc.
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Research conducted by the Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc. for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in Research findings indicate that while more Americans are now aware of ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/78/public-awareness-of-nano-grows-but-majority-unaware

Authors: Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc. ; Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Results of a 2007 survey of 1,014 adults asking about their awareness of and attitudes towards nanotechnology, as well as their opinions about the entities involved in the oversight of new scientific and technological advances. The ...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/file_download/217

Authors: Rolf Hertel ; Zimmer, Rene ; German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut fur Riskobewertung) ; Gaby-Fleur Bol
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Abstract: This German report, whose title translates as "BfR - Consumer Conference on Nanotechnology : Pilot project to identify risk perceptions amongst consumers" gives the results of a 2006 conference held in Berlin where eighteen represen...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/238/bfr_verbraucherkonferenz_nanotechnologie.pdf

Authors: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut fur Riskobewertung)
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Abstract: This press release from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment summarizes the final results of the "Consumer Conference on Nanotechnology" which brought together 16 randomly selected members of the public who spent three w...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/245/bfr_consumer_conference_on_nanotechnology_in_foods_cosmetics_and_textiles.pdf

Publication Type: Report
Year: 9999

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Authors: Bundesinstitut fur Risikobewertung (BfR)
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: BfR Consumer Conference on Nanotechnology in Foods, Cosmentics, and Textiles
Abstract: This public engagement experiment, organized by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR. Sixteen randomly chosen citizens took part in two preparatory weekends to get an introduction to the topic, and prepared question...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/245/bfr_consumer_conference_on_nanotechnology_in_foods_cosmetics_and_textiles.pdf

Authors: Pew Charitable Trust ; Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Project on Emerging Nantechnologies ; European Comission
Publication Type: Research Brief
Secondary Title: PEN Brief No. 3
Abstract: This report is the second in a series of studies looking at the public perceptions of the risks and benefits of nanotechnology. This study looks at whether and how the perceived cultural outlooks of informational sources affect publ...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/process/files/5960/brief2kahan_final.pdf

Authors: Foss Hansen, Steffen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: n order to facilitate stakeholder discussions on how to regulate nanotechnology, the opensource program multicriteria mapping (MCM) was used to structure 26 interviews with stakeholders in the USA. Adopting an incremental approach a...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-0006-3

Authors: Batt, Carl A. ; Waldron, Anna M. ; Broadwater, Natalie
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: The authors of this article identify one barrier to the public understanding of nanotechnology as the difficulty often experienced by members of the public in grasping the size scale and symbolism of nanotechnology, or the problem o...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-007-9344-1

Authors: Siegrist, Michael ; Stampfli, Nathalie ; Kastenholz, Hans ; Keller, Carmen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Appetite
Abstract: This article briefly reports on the results of a survey done by ETH Zurich's Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED) which sought to look at lay people's perspectives about the use of nanotechnology in food products and food pac...
Year: 2008

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Authors: Fujita, Yasumoto
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: Asia Pacific Nanotech Weekly
Abstract: In a 2004 survey of 1011 individuals in Tokyo, 55.2 percent of individuals surveyed had heard either frequently or time to time of nanotechnology, and twenty percent claimed they knew the simple definition of nanotechnology. The sur...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.nanoworld.jp/apnw/articles/library4/pdf/4-6.pdf