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Cultural Cognition of the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology
Dan M. Kahan
Yale University - Law School; Harvard University - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Donald Braman
George Washington University - Law School; Cultural Cognition Project
Paul Slovic
Decision Research; University of Oregon - Department of Psychology
John Gastil
University of Washington
Geoffrey L. Cohen
affiliation not provided to SSRN
December 4, 2009
Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 87-91, 2009
Yale Law School, Public Law Working
Abstract:
We conducted an experimental public opinion study of the effect of balanced information on nanotechnology risk-benefit perceptions. The study found that subjects did not react in a uniform, much less a uniformly positive manner, but rather polarized along lines consistent with cultural predispositions toward technological risk generally.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 19
Keywords: cultural cognition, nanotechnology, risk perception, biased assimilation, polarization
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Date posted: December 8, 2009
Suggested CitationKahan, Dan M., Braman, Donald, Slovic, Paul, Gastil, John and Cohen, Geoffrey L., Cultural Cognition of the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology (December 4, 2009). Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 87-91, 2009; Yale Law School, Public Law Working. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1518683
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