Between Understanding and Trust

by Dierkes,Meinolf

• ISBN13: 9789058230072
• ISBN10: 9058230074
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Provides an excellent overview of the wide range of unresolved questions arising in the context of public understanding of and attitudes toward science. DLC: Technology--Social aspects.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	x
Foreword	xi
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
Preface	xiii
PART ONE The Historical and Political Context of the Discussion Surrounding the Public Understanding of Science and Technology
Introduction	3	(4)
Meinolf Dierkes
Claudia von Grote
Why Should the Public `Understand' Science? A Historical Perspective on Aspects of the Public Understanding of Science	7	(32)
Ulrike Felt
The ``Science Wars'' and American Politics	39	(22)
Sheila Jasanoff
From Northern to Southern Europe---Political Motivations Behind Recent Discourse on the ``Public Understanding of Science''	61	(20)
Maria Eduarda Goncalves
PART TWO Comparative Analysis: Results of and Reflections on Surveys as Methodological Instruments
Introduction	77	(4)
Meinolf Dierkes
Claudia von Grote
Civic Scientific Literacy and Attitude to Science and Technology: A Comparative Analysis of the European Union, the United States, Japan, and Canada	81	(50)
Jon D.Y. Miller
Rafael Pardo
Two Cultures of Public Understanding of Science and Technology in Europe	131	(26)
John Durant
Martin Bauer
George Gaskell
Cees Midden
Miltos Liakopoulos
Liesbeth Scholten
``Science in the Media'' as a Cultural Indicator: Contextualizing Surveys with Media Analysis	157	(22)
Martin Bauer
Studying Public Perception of Biotechnology: Helicopter or Microscope?	179	(26)
Anneke M. Hamstra
PART THREE ``Science'' and ``The Public'' --- Revised Concepts
Introduction	203	(2)
Meinolf Dierkes
Claudia von Grote
Understanding ``Publics'' in the Public Understanding of Science	205	(12)
Edna F. Einsiedel
What Does Science mean in the ``Public Understanding of Science''	217	(20)
Steven Yearley
Against Linearity-On the Cultural Appropriation of Science and Technology	237	(28)
Knut H. Sørensen
Margrethe Aune
Morten Hatling
PART FOUR Informing the Public and Debating Science and Technology
Introduction	261	(4)
Meinolf Dierkes
Claudia von Grote
From Information to Attitudes? Thoughts on the Relationship Between Knowledge about Science and Technology and Attitudes Toward Technologies	265	(22)
Hans Peter Peters
Information's Role in the Introduction and Social Regulation of New Biotechnologies	287	(26)
Erling Jelsøe
A Public Explosion: Big-Bang Theory in the U.K. Daily Press	313	(28)
Massimiano Bucchi
CONCLUSION
Public Understanding of Science and Technology: State of the Art and Consequences for Future Research	341	(22)
Claudia von Grote
Meinolf Dierkes
List of Authors	363	(4)
Index of Persons and Institutions	367	(6)
Subject Index	373