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2. Factors affecting the perceptions of Iranian agricultural researchers towards nanotechnology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hosseini, Seyed Mahmood (author) and Rezaei, Rohollah (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10593
- Journal Title:
- Public Understanding of Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 20(4): 513–524
- Notes:
- 12 pages., via online journal., This descriptive survey research was undertaken to design appropriate programs for the creation of a positive perception of nanotechnology among their intended beneficiaries. In order to do that, the factors affecting positive perceptions were defined. A stratified random sample of 278 science board members was selected out of 984 researchers who were working in 22 National Agricultural Research Institutions (NARIs). Data were collected by using a mailed questionnaire. The descriptive results revealed that more than half of the respondents had “low” or “very low” familiarity with nanotechnology. Regression analysis indicated that the perceptions of Iranian NARI Science Board Members towards nanotechnology were explained by three variables: the level of their familiarity with emerging applications of nanotechnology in agriculture, the level of their familiarity with nanotechnology and their work experiences. The findings of this study can contribute to a better understanding of the present situation of the development of nanotechnology and the planning of appropriate programs for creating a positive perception of nanotechnology.
3. Food, publics, science
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Blue, Gwendolyn (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02801
- Journal Title:
- Public Understanding of Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(2) : 147-154