Sechi Giovanni, Bedognetti Davide, Sgarrella Francesco, Van Eperen Laura, Marincola Francesco M, Bianco Alberto, Delogu Lucia Gemma
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Scienze della Comunicazione & Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Nanomedicine (Lond). 2014 Jul;9(10):1475-86. doi: 10.2217/nnm.14.78.
We explore at a world level the awareness of nanotechnology expressed through the most popular online social media: Facebook. We aimed at identifying future trends, the most interested countries and the public perception of ethics, funding and economic issues. We found that graphene and carbon nanotubes are the most followed nanomaterials. Our poll showed that the continents with the most interest are Asia and Africa. A total of 43% would like to have a world commission regulating nanomedicine. In addition, 43% would give priority to theranostics. Over 90% believe that nanomedicine has an economic impact. Finally, we observed that the continents of living and origin of poll contributors correlated with ethic and funding opinions. This study highlights the potential of online social media to influence scientific communities, grant committees and nanotechnology companies, spreading nanotechnology awareness in emerging countries and among new generations.
我们在全球范围内探索通过最流行的在线社交媒体——脸书所表达的对纳米技术的认知。我们旨在识别未来趋势、最感兴趣的国家以及公众对伦理、资金和经济问题的看法。我们发现石墨烯和碳纳米管是最受关注的纳米材料。我们的民意调查显示，最感兴趣的大陆是亚洲和非洲。共有43%的人希望设立一个世界委员会来监管纳米医学。此外，43%的人会优先考虑治疗诊断学。超过90%的人认为纳米医学具有经济影响。最后，我们观察到民意调查参与者的生活和来源大陆与伦理和资金观点相关。这项研究凸显了在线社交媒体在影响科学界、资助委员会和纳米技术公司方面的潜力，在新兴国家和新一代中传播纳米技术认知。
