Envisioning nanotechnology: New media and future-oriented stakeholder dialogue

被引：12
作者：
Selin, Cynthia [1 ]
Hudson, Rebecca [2 ]
机构：
[1] Arizona State Univ, Consortium Sci Policy & Outcomes, POB 875603, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Evans Sch Publ Affairs, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
来源：
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY | 2010年 / 32卷 / 03期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
Emerging technologies; Human enhancement; NanoFutures; Nanotechnology; Web; 2.0;
D O I：
10.1016/j.techsoc.2010.07.008
中图分类号：
D58 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号：
摘要：
Nanotechnology promises to transform everyday life, yet there has been little reflection about the dilemmas, trade-offs and complex choices involved. Our project constructed a virtual public engagement platform in order to elucidate perspectives on multiple, plausible visions of human enhancement. Our new media platform operationalized opensource scenario planning to enable diverse communities to assess, critique and debate prospective nanotechnology-enabled products. Extending participation and deliberation through open-source mechanisms was an experiment involving not only an innovation of public engagement but also of traditional scenario planning. By revealing the NanoFutures project design and analysis, this paper explores to what extent this public engagement led to genuine dialogue and illustrates the risks and benefits of using multi-media tools in social science research. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：173 / 182
页数：10
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