Communicating Synthetic Biology: From the lab via the media to the broader public

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Kronberger, Nicole ^a,b   Holtz, Peter ^b   Kerbe, Wolfgang ^b   Strasser, Ewald ^b   Wagner, Wolfgang ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Communication; Public perceptions of Synthetic Biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350350852     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-009-9031-x     Document Type: Article

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