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Between understanding and trust : the public, science and technology

This collection of essays provides an overview of the wide range of unresolved questions arising in the context of public understanding of, and attitudes toward, science and technology
eBook, English, ©2000
Harwood Academic, Australia, ©2000
1 online resource (xv, 381 pages) : illustrations
9780203988978, 9781135288075, 9781135288020, 9781135288068, 0203988973, 1135288070, 113528802X, 1135288062
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Preface PART ONE The Historical and Political Context of the Discussion Surrounding the Public Understanding of Science and Technology 1. Why Should the Public ‘Understand’ Science? A Historical Perspective on Aspects of the Public Understanding of Science 2. The “Science Wars” and American Politics 3. From Northern to Southern Europe—Political Motivations Behind Recent Discourse on the “Public Understanding of Science” PART TWO Comparative Analysis: Results of and Reflections on Surveys as Methodological Instruments 4. Civic Scientific Literacy and Attitude to Science and Technology: A Comparative Analysis of the European Union, the United States, Japan, and Canada 5. Two Cultures of Public Understanding of Science and Technology in Europe 6. “Science in the Media” as a Cultural Indicator: Contextualizing Surveys with Media Analysis 7. Studying Public Perception of Biotechnology: Helicopter or Microscope? PART THREE Science and The Public Revised Concepts 8. Understanding “Publics” in the Public Understanding of Science 9. What Does Science mean in the “Public Understanding of Science” 10. Against Linearity—On the Cultural Appropriation of Science and Technology PART FOUR Informing the Public and Debating Science and Technology 11. From Information to Attitudes? Thoughts on the Relationship Between Knowledge about Science and Technology and Attitudes Toward Technologies 12. Information’s Role in the Introduction and Social Regulation of New Biotechnologies 13. A Public Explosion: Big-Bang Theory in the U.K. Daily Press 14. Public Understanding of Science and Technology: State of the Art and Consequences for Future Research
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