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Public perceptions of nanotechnology

Research into public perceptions of nanotechnology is becoming more rigorous with social scientists developing and testing increasingly complex theoretical models. Researchers have explored, among other things, how the public's reaction to nanotechnology depends on cultural predispositions, religiosity and the specific application of the new technology. It is clear that increased public awareness of nanotechnology will not, on its own, automatically lead to widespread public acceptance. This page brings together all the articles that Nature Nanotechnology has published on this topic.

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Meta-analysis

Article:

Anticipating the perceived risk of nanotechnologies

Terre Satterfield, Milind Kandlikar, Christian E. H. Beaudrie, Joseph Conti & Barbara Herr Harthorn

doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.265


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Original research

Letter:

Cultural cognition of the risks and benefits of nanotechnology

Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, Paul Slovic, John Gastil & Geoffrey Cohen

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.341

Letter:

Religious beliefs and public attitudes toward nanotechnology in Europe and the United States

Dietram A. Scheufele, Elizabeth A. Corley, Tsung–jen Shih, Kajsa E. Dalrymple & Shirley S. Ho

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.361

Commentary:

Scientists worry about some risks more than the public

Dietram A. Scheufele, Elizabeth A. Corley, Sharon Dunwoody, Tsung–Jen Shih, Elliott Hillback & David H. Guston

doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.392

Correspondence:

Risks and nanotechnology: the public is more concerned than experts and industry

Michael Siegrist, Arnim Wiek, Asgeir Helland & Hans Kastenholz

doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.10

Commentary:

What drives public acceptance of nanotechnology?

Steven C. Currall, Eden B. King, Neal Lane, Juan Madera & Stacey Turner

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.155


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Opinion articles

Correspondence:

The complexity of public engagement

Craig Cormick

doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.5

Commentary:

Who or what is 'the public'?

Fern Wickson, Ana Delgado & Kamilla Lein Kjølberg

doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.197


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Selected thesis articles

Democratizing nanotechnology, then and now

Chris Toumey

doi:10.1038/nnano.2011.168

Rules of engagement

Chris Toumey

doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.204

Science and democracy

Chris Toumey

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.71


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