Establishing Expertise in Deliberations on Nanotechnology

This project focused on how participants in the 2009 deliberations used various forms of expertise to communicate about nanotechnology. The most common types of argument used by the participants were personal experiences, analogies, hypothetical situations, and appeals, and were used either for or against nanotechnology, research, or regulation. By organizing all of the arguments made by the participants, the project endeavors to find patterns in how the public communicates about nanotechnology.