Public Perception

Authors: Teknologiradet (Danish Board of Technology) ; Ulla Vincentsen ; Pedersen , Rikke
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This survey of 29 citizens from the Copenhagen area was done as a series of group interviews succeeded by the completion of a questionnaire. The survey found that those interviewed had a positive outlook for the benefits of nanotech...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.tekno.dk/pdf/projekter/p04_nanoteknologi.pdf

Authors: Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: Press releases describing a 2007 national survey that found that American's awareness of nanotechnology remains low, and that most Americans prefer that government oversee and manage the risks associated with new technologies like n...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/news/archive/poll_reveals_public_awareness_nanotech/

Authors: Faber, Brenton
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Technical Communication Quarterly
Abstract: Paper examines the public representation of nanoscale science and technology in North American written popular media from 1986-2000. The paper first examines the concepts through which nanoscale science was first represented in the ...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1207/s15427625tcq1502_2

Authors: Kahan, Dan M. ; Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ; Rejeski, David
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: This last report in a series of three studies done by Cultural Cognition Project at the Yale Law School and the Project on Emerging Technologies asks what science will reveal about the risks and benefits of nanotechnology and what c...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/publications/archive/kahan3/

Authors: Scheufele, Dietram ; Corley, Elizabeth ; Shih, Tsung-jen ; Darlymple, Kajsa, E. ; Ho, Shirley S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: This article reports on a survey that studied how religious beliefs influenced citizens perceptions of the risks and benefits of nanotechnology. The researchers found that respondents in the United States were significantly less lik...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.361

Authors: University of California, Santa Barbara - Center for Nanotechnology in Society
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This press release summarizes the latest findings of a survey conducted by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society and the University of California, Santa Barbara. They found, in a survey of individuals in over 23 countries, that m...
Year: 2009
URL: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/09/21/public.attitudes.new.technology.lessons.regulators

Authors: NanoBio-RAISE
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This briefing paper, put out by NanoBio-RAISE, gives a concise summary of some of the major publications and surveys done about the public perception of nanotechnology in Europe and the United States. It finally summarizes some of t...
Year: 2008
URL: http://files.nanobio-raise.org/Downloads/NanoPublicFINAL.pdf

Authors: Sparrow, Robert
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: In this article, the author analyzes the rhetoric of scientific and corporate supporters of nanotechnology, who “try to have it both ways” by simultaneously claiming that nanotechnology is both revolutionary and familiar, that it is...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-007-0008-5

Authors: Schummer, Joachim
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Public Understanding of Science
Abstract: This paper attempts to measure the public interest in nanotechnology by studying purchasing patterns of books. The author found nanotechnology is the first intense contact for many individuals with science and technology, and that r...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CBkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joachimschummer.net%2Fpapers%2F2005_ReadingNano_PUS.pdf&ei=oR19TIvOMaOrnAf5gq2dCw&usg=AFQjCNEI4UuuNarAztWZ0RLu8Uh5HgnLEg
DOI: 10.1177/0963662505050111

Authors: Gaskell, George ; Eyck, Toby Ten ; Jackson, Jonathan ; Veltri, Guiseppe
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature Materials
Abstract: This article briefly summarizes the results of two surveys done in the United States and Europe on public attitudes towards nanotechnology. While about 50% of Americans replied "yes" nanotechnology will improve our way of life and o...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1181

Authors: Crone, W.C. ; Castellini, O.M. ; Walejko, G.K. ; Holladay, C.E. ; Theim, T.J. ; Zenner, G.M
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics (4-7 June 2006 : Saint Louis, MO)
Abstract: A survey of members of the general public that sought to assess the level of understanding of basic underlying scientific concepts key to understanding nanotechnology found that while many individuals understand some facts about ato...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.sem.org/

Authors: Siegrist, Michael ; Cousin, Marie-Eve ; Kastenholz, Hans ; Wiek, Arnim
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Appetite
Abstract: Participants received some general information about nanotechnology, and specific information about four nanotechnology applications. Overall, participants were hesitant to buy nanotechnology foods or food with nanotechnology packag...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.03.002

Authors: Lee, Chul-Joo ; Scheufele, Dietram A. ; Lewenstein, Bruce
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science Communication
Abstract: Previous studies on public attitudes toward emerging technologies have treated cognitive and affective influences on public opinion as distinct, with little attention to the possible interaction between the two. Directly addressing ...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1177/1075547005281474

Authors: William Sims Bainbridge
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: Article discusses the results of an internet survey from 3909 responses. Survey revealed that respondents had a level of enthusiasm for the potential benefits of nanotechnology, and a limited amount of concern over the possible envi...
Year: 2002
URL: http://mysite.verizon.net/wsbainbridge/dl/nanotech.htm
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022805516652

Authors: Rey, Lucienne ; TA-SWISS Center for Technology Assessment
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Final report from a series of focus groups held by the Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment (TA-SWISS) on public perceptions of nanotechnology entitled Publifocus <>. Participants expressed reservations about the u...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.ta-swiss.ch/a/nano_pfna/2006_TAP8_Nanotechnologien_e.pdf

Authors: Lewenstein, B. V. ; Kim, E. ; Scheufele, D. A. ; Brossard, D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Public Understanding of Science
Abstract: Using data from a national survey performed in 2004, the authors of this paper sought to examine how people use science media, factual knowledge related to nanotechnology and predispositions such as the strength of one's religious ...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1177/0963662507087304

Authors: Bauer, Martin
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book compares resistance to technology across time, nations, and technologies. Three post-war examples - nuclear power, information technology, and biotechnology - are used in the analysis. The focus is on post-1945 Europe, wit...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Nerlich, Brigitte ; Clarke, David D. ; Ulph, Fiona
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Health, Risk & Society
Abstract: Article summarizes the results of an experiment that compared young peoples' attitudes to nanomedicine to their attitudes on conventional treatment by asking them a number of questions about a hypothetical arthritis suffer who was t...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1080/13698570701306856

Authors: Siegrist, Michael ; Wiek, Arnim ; Helland, Asgeir ; Kastenholz, Hans
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: Letter to the editor summarizing two surveys done in Switzerland and Germany; the first was a survey of general public and the second a survey of companies. Individuals surveyed were asked to assess the risks of 20 nanotechnology ap...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.10

Authors: National Science Foundation
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Summary of three major surveys on the public perceptions of nanotechnology. General overview of public awareness of nanotechnology, perceived benefits and risks, and need for government regulation....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/

Authors: Scheufele, Dietram A. ; Corley, Elizabeth A. ; Dunwoody, Sharon ; Shih, Tsung-jen ; Hillback, Elliott ; Guston, David H
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: The article compares two recent surveys of scientists in the U.S. and the American Public about their opinions and outlook on nanotechnology research and development. While the scientists were more optimistic than the public about t...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.392

Authors: Weiss, Rick
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Washington Post
Abstract: Article describes the ETC Group's contest to design a warning label to warn of the presence of engineered nanomaterials....
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/20/AR2007012001565.html

Authors: Monastersky, Richard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Chronicle of Higher Education
Abstract: As academic, corporate, and government scientists race to develop nanotechnology's myriad benefits, researchers who study its risks are playing catch-up and will not have time to assess many new materials before they reach consumers...
Year: 2004
URL: http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i03/03a01201.htm

Authors: Cohen, Geoffrey ; Gastil, John ; Slovic, Paul ; Braman, Donald ; Kahan, Dan M.
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This paper reports the results of an experiment designed to test competing conjectures about the evolution of public attitudes toward nanotechnology. The rational enlightenment hypothesis holds that members of the public will become...
Year: 2008
URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1089230&rec=1&srcabs=1178362

Authors: Lee, Chul-Joo ; Scheufele, Dietram A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Abstract: Study found that newspapers and the Internet helped people better understand nanotechnology research but television news accounts tend to have a more emotional effect, often promoting the public acceptance of nanotechnology. The sho...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.cspo.org/library/year/?action=getfile&file=42§ion=lib