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Public Perception of Nanotechnology by danieloshka is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses two models for how the public forms opinions about emerging technologies like nanotechnology: the scientific literacy model and the cognitive miser model. The cognitive miser model argues that people rely on heuristics like media framing rather than seeking in-depth information. Mass media coverage provides a key heuristic for issues the public knows little about. How issues are framed in media can influence public interpretation even without changing the facts presented. The documen
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- danieloshka
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