Public assessment of new surveillance-oriented security technologies: Beyond the trade-off between privacy and security

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 556-572

  Pavone, Vincenzo ^a   Degli Esposti, Sara ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA   (Spain)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lay expertise; public understanding of science; risk perception; science attitudes and perceptions; technology assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862668653     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510376886     Document Type: Article

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