| The course includes a major component examining how risk is communicated when the artifact does not exist. It will examine the differences between strategic or crisis communication which is mostly perception management after a disaster and special communication used to market science and technology to government agents and the general public. A study of nanotechnology will be used to better evaluate the role of hyperbole in communication and the special demands associated with arguments from different paradigms or mindsets. The communication between government agents, between government agents and researchers, between government agents and researchers and the general public, between disciplines in the nano-science, between disciplines in the nano-science and the general public, and overall role and status of a public sphere in science and technology decision making in the United States.
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