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Public Attitudes and Public Understanding Chapter 7 Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding Highlights......................................................................................................................................7-3 Overview...................................................................................................................................7-3 Information.Sources..................................................................................................................7-3 Public.Knowledge.About.S&T.................................................................................................7-3 Public.Attitudes.About.Science-Related.Issues........................................................................7-4 Introduction...................................................................................................................................7-5 Chapter.Overview.....................................................................................................................7-5 Chapter.Organization................................................................................................................7-5 Data.Comparability...................................................................................................................7-5 Information.Sources,.Interest,.and.Perceived.Knowledge............................................................7-5 S&T.Information.Sources:.Television.Leads.Worldwide........................................................7-7 The.Internet:.An.Increasingly.Popular.Source.of.S&T.Information......................................7-10 Public.Interest.in.S&T............................................................................................................7-12 Feeling.Well.Informed.About.S&T.Issues.............................................................................7-16 Public.Knowledge.About.S&T...................................................................................................7-17 Understanding.Scientific.Terms.and.Concepts.......................................................................7-17 Understanding.the.Scientific.Process......................................................................................7-19 Belief.in.Pseudoscience..........................................................................................................7-21 Public.Attitudes.About.Science-Related.Issues..........................................................................7-22 S&T.in.General.......................................................................................................................7-23 Government.Funding.of.Scientific.Research..........................................................................7-25 Environmental.Issues..............................................................................................................7-25 Attitudes.Toward.Technology................................................................................................7-28 Biotechnology.and.Medical.Research....................................................................................7-29 Genetically.Modified.Food.....................................................................................................7-31 Human.Cloning.and.Stem.Cell.Research................................................................................7-33 Nanotechnology......................................................................................................................7-35 Confidence.in.the.Leadership.of.the.Science.Community......................................................7-36 Science.Occupations...............................................................................................................7-37 Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7-39 Notes...........................................................................................................................................7-39 Glossary......................................................................................................................................7-43 References...................................................................................................................................7-43 List of Sidebars Data.Sources.................................................................................................................................7-6 Television.and.Other.Forms.of.Popular.Culture.Influence.What.Adults.Know.and.Think. ....About.Science...........................................................................................................................7-8 Internet.Use.Growing.Rapidly.in.China.....................................................................................7-11 Broadband.Changes.Everything.................................................................................................7-12 Few.Science-Related.News.Stories.Attract.Public.Interest........................................................7-15 More.Than.a.Century.After.Darwin,.Evolution.Still.Under.Attack.in.Science.Classrooms......7-20 Sense.About.Science...................................................................................................................7-21 t 7- 7- t Chapter 7. Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding Americans.and.Canadians.Share.Optimistic.Attitudes.Toward.Science.and.Those.Who. ....Practice.It................................................................................................................................7-30 Are.Americans.Afraid.of.Getting.Mad.Cow.Disease?...............................................................7-32 Americans’.and.Canadians’.Attitudes.Toward.Stem.Cell.Research.Are.Not.That.Different....7-35 List of Tables Table.7-1..Science.programs.on.television:.2005.........................................................................7-8 Table.7-2..Ownership.of.home.computers:.Selected.years,.1994–2004.....................................7-11 Table.7-3..Use.of.Internet.as.source.of.news:.Selected.years,.1996–2004.................................7-13 Table.7-4..News.followed.by.American.public,.by.Internet.user.status:.2004...........................7-13 Table.7-5..Science/technology-related.news.stories.attracting.most.public.interest:. ....2000–04..................................................................................................................................7-15 Table.7-6..News.followed.very.closely.by.American.public:.Selected.years,.1996–2004........7-16 Table.7-7..Environmental.concerns.of.American.public:.Selected.years,.1997–2004...............7-27 Table.7-8..Americans’.acquisition.of.high-technology.products:.Selected.years,. ....1996–2004..............................................................................................................................7-28 Table.7-9..Prestige.of.various.occupations:.Selected.years,.1977–2004....................................7-38 List of Figures Figure.7-1..Sources.of.information.in.United.States:.2004..........................................................7-7 Figure.7-2..Primary.source.of.news.about.science.and.technology.in.United.States:. ....2001.and.2004...........................................................................................................................7-7 Figure.7-3..Primary.source.of.information.about.specific.scientific.issue:.2001.and.2004.......7-10 Figure.7-4..Use.of.broadcast.versus.online.news:.1993–2004...................................................7-11 Figure.7-5..Households.with.broadband.versus.other.Internet.connections:.2000.and.2003.....7-12 Figure.7-6..Level.of.public.interest.in.science.and.technology.issues,.by.country/region:. ....Most.recent.year......................................................................................................................7-14 Figure.7-7..Correct.answers.to.specific.science.literacy.questions,.by.country/region:. ....Most.recent.year......................................................................................................................7-18 Figure.7-8..Belief.in.paranormal.phenomena:.1990,.2001,.and.2005........................................7-22 Figure.7-9..Public.assessment.of.astrology.or.fortune.telling,.by.country/region:.2001. ....or.2004....................................................................................................................................7-23 Figure.7-10..Attitudes.toward.science.and.technology,.by.country/region:.Most.recent.year....7-24 Figure.7-11..Support.for.government.funding.of.basic.research,.by.country/region:. ....Most.recent.year......................................................................................................................7-25 Figure.7-12..Perceptions.about.news.coverage.of.global.warming:.1997–2005........................7-26 Figure.7-13..Worry.about.environmental.problems:.2000–04...................................................7-27 Figure.7-14..Public.priorities.for.environmental.protection.versus.economic.growth:. ....1984–2005..............................................................................................................................7-28 Figure.7-15..Impact.of.new.technologies.in.United.States,.Canada,.and.Europe:.2005............7-29 Figure.7-16..Attitudes.toward.biotechnology.in.United.States.and.Europe:.1999/2000. ....and.2005..................................................................................................................................7-29
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