Lay sense-making and knowledge of biotechnology : its functionality and its limitations

This thesis examines lay sense-making of biotechnological items, its functionality and its limitations, which, it is claimed, may have implications for biotechnological developments and how they are received. The theoretical approach taken to lay sense-making drew on social representations theory as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tallett, Stephen
Published: University of Surrey 2008
Subjects:
500
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486075