The Role of the Media in the Politics of Nanotechnology
| Period | Juni 2010 bis Dezember 2010 |
| Conductor | Prof. Dr. Frank Marcinkowski and Prof. Dr. Matthias Kohring |
| Assistance | Julia Metag M.A. |
| Institution | Department of Communication |
| Funding | Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis Karlsruhe (ITAS) Institute for Technology Assessment Vienna (ITA), TA-Swiss Institute for Technology Assessment Bern |
| Tags | Nanotechnology, science communication, framing |
Abstract
The project analyses the media coverage of nanotechnology of the German, Swiss and Austrian media. Nanotechnology cannot be directly experienced and observed – all that people know about it and their interpretations and opinions are mainly based on information from the mass media. Therefore, this first systematic study of the German, Swiss and Austrian media coverage about nanotechnology aims to analyse the media frames of this emerging technology.
Method
Standardized content analysis