商品描述
From nuclear power to gene therapy to the automobile, history shows that it is useful to encourage and facilitate public discussion about new technologies and their potential dangers. Part of the series Perspectives in Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology and the Public: Risk Perception and Risk Communication assesses results from focus groups, interviews, and other resources to provide a more nuanced understanding of how non-experts perceive nanotechnology and what they expect from it.
Includes a series of special essays by social scientists and humanities scholars who have studied nanotechnology and society from different perspectives
Assessing how "ordinary" people form opinions about new technologies and their adoption, this book addresses the role of media messages and pre-existing values in this process, as well as how risks can become either amplified or weakened along the way as a result of social mechanisms. Using solid theory and research to back presented concepts on risk perception and communication, the author discusses the potential for using informed consent, labels, and other types of consumer warnings that have proved to be effective in areas other than nano.
An in-depth investigation into the concept of mass communication practices, this book explores the paradox of why, despite its appeal and promise, public engagement has had only limited success in the dialogue on nanotechnology. Aimed at finding solutions, the book’s resulting conclusions are considered in the context of broader issues. These include how society makes up its collective mind about technology adoption and all the profound questions this raises, in terms of democratic theory.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
從核能到基因治療再到汽車，歷史表明鼓勵和促進公眾對新技術及其潛在危險進行討論是有益的。作為《納米技術觀點》系列的一部分，《納米技術與公眾：風險感知和風險溝通》通過焦點小組、訪談和其他資源的結果，評估了非專家對納米技術的感知以及他們對其期望的更細緻的理解。
本書包含了一系列社會科學家和人文學者的特別論文，他們從不同的角度研究了納米技術和社會。
本書評估了「普通」人如何形成對新技術及其采納的意見，並探討了媒體信息和先有價值觀在這一過程中的作用，以及風險如何在社會機制的影響下被放大或削弱。作者使用堅實的理論和研究來支持風險感知和溝通的概念，並討論了在納米領域以外已被證明有效的知情同意、標籤和其他類型的消費者警告的潛力。
作為對大眾傳播實踐概念的深入研究，本書探討了公眾參與在納米技術對話中僅取得有限成功的悖論。本書旨在尋找解決方案，其結論將在更廣泛的問題背景下進行考慮。這些問題包括社會如何對技術采納形成共識，以及這引發的所有深刻問題，從民主理論的角度來看。
