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Religiosity as a perceptual filter: examining processes of opinion formation about nanotechnology

Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele, Eunkyung Kim, and Bruce V. LewensteinView all authors and affiliations
Volume 18, Issue 5
https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662507087304

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Using national survey data, we examine how people use science media, factual knowledge related to nanotechnology, and predispositions such as strength of religious beliefs, to form attitudes about nanotechnology. We show that strength of religious beliefs is negatively related to support for funding of the technology. Our findings also confirm that science media use plays an important role in shaping positive attitudes toward the technology. Overall public support for funding nanotechnology is not directly related to levels of knowledge among the electorate, but on risk and benefits perceptions and the use of media frames. However, knowledge about the technology does tend to be interpreted through the lens of religious beliefs and therefore indirectly affect levels of support.

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Article first published online: September 16, 2008
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Dominique Brossard
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, [email protected]
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Dietram A. Scheufele
Department of Life Sciences Communication and a member of the steering committee of the Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies at the University of Wisconsin
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Eunkyung Kim
School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin
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