Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xii, 616 pages : graphs; 23 cm

Summary

1. USA. Monograph on the social implications and public opinion impact of innovations in technology - presents 45 case studies of public alarm concerning foods, industrial waste, medicine, pesticides, etc. And portraying the role of mass media in information dissemination.

Subject

1. Since 1945
2. Technology assessment > Case studies
3. Technology > Public opinion > Case studies
4. Technology > Social aspects > Case studies
5. Social history > 1945-
6. Social history
7. Technology assessment
8. Technology > Public opinion
9. Technology > Social aspects
10. social implication
11. public opinion
12. innovation
13. technology
14. case study
15. food
16. industrial waste
17. medicine
18. pesticide
19. mass media
20. information dissemination
21. Technology assessment > Case studies
22. Technology > Public opinion > Case studies
23. Technology > Social aspects > Case studies
24. Technologie > Évaluation > Cas, Études de
25. Technologie > Cas, Études de
26. Technique > Aspect social > Cas, Études de
27. Histoire sociale > 1945- ..
28. conséquences sociales
29. opinion publique
30. technologie
31. étude de cas
32. aliment
33. déchets industriels
34. médecine
35. mass média
36. diffusion de l'information
37. consecuencias sociales
38. opinión pública
39. innovación
40. tecnología
41. estudio de casos
42. alimento
43. desperdicio industrial
44. medicina
45. plaguicida
46. medios de comunicación de masas
47. difusión de la información
48. USA
49. Etats-Unis
50. Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

1. Case studies
2. Case studies.
3. Études de cas.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.