Valuing Values: Better Public Engagement on Nanotechnology Demands a Better Understanding of the Diversity of Publics.

As public attitude research evolves, often becoming more complex and variable, we are coming to understand that public attitudes are also more complex and variable than can often be captured by a single opinion poll, and more sophisticated forms of analyses are needed that look not just at a breadth...

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Publicado en:NanoEthics Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 57 - 72
Autores principales: Cormick, Craig, Hunter, Simon
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2014
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