The politics of buzzwords at the interface of technoscience, market and society: The case of 'public engagement in science'

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 238-253

  Bensaude Vincent, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

nanotechnology; personalised medicine; public engagement; responsible innovation; smart technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HUMAN; INVENTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POLITICS; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION; SMART TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL MARKETING; TECHNOLOGY;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERSONALISED MEDICINE; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION; SMART TECHNOLOGY;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLITICS; SOCIAL MARKETING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84898915561     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662513515371     Document Type: Article

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