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"'This is a welcome book. The issues of public understanding of science open many questions. What does ""understanding"" mean? How does understanding translate into attitudes towards science and trust in scientists? What is the role of the mass media? The essays in this book shed light on such questions bringing insights from several disciplines. They help to define a meaningful research agenda for the future. - Professor Dorothy Nelkin, New York University"

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Author:   Meinolf Dierkes ,  Claudia von Grote
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9789058230072

ISBN 10:   9058230074
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   10 January 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780415516211
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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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Between Understanding and Trust gives an excellent overview of the wide range of unresolved questions arising in the context of public understanding of and attitudes toward science. It should prevent scientists and-of even greater importance-politicians from espousing the usual simplifications about globalisation and international competition. <br>-Professor Martin Pfaff of Member of the Deutsche Bundestag and Director of the International Institute for Empirical Social Economics, Stadtbergen, Germany <br> Between Understanding and Trust is an informed and highly informative guide into a rapidly growing field of research-the outcome of which will certainly shape the twenty-first century view of science and technology. <br>-Professor Helga Nowotny of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland <br> For both new researchers and those already working in the field, Between Understanding and Trust provides a much needed guide to the current state of the subject. <br>-Professor Richard Topf of Director of the Centre for Comparative European Survey Data, Oxford, UK <br> This is a welcome book. The issues of public understanding of science opens many questions. What does understanding mean? How does understanding translate into attitudes toward science and trust in scientists? What is the role of the mass media? The essays in this book shed light on such questions bringing insights from several disciplines. They help to define a meaningful research agenda for the future. <br>-Professor Dorothy Nelkin of New York University, New York <br> This publication is timely, well-balanced, critical and constructive, and constitutes a turning point in the continuing interaction betweenthe public, science and technology. This is stimulating reading for all those who are involved in science and technology policy and its implications and consequences. <br>-Professor Paolo Fasella of Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Rome, Italy and former director of the Directorate General XII Science, Research and Development of the <br>

Between Understanding and Trust gives an excellent overview of the wide range of unresolved questions arising in the context of public understanding of and attitudes toward science. It should prevent scientists and-of even greater importance-politicians from espousing the usual simplifications about globalisation and international competition. -Professor Martin Pfaff of Member of the Deutsche Bundestag and Director of the International Institute for Empirical Social Economics, Stadtbergen, Germany Between Understanding and Trust is an informed and highly informative guide into a rapidly growing field of research-the outcome of which will certainly shape the twenty-first century view of science and technology. -Professor Helga Nowotny of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland For both new researchers and those already working in the field, Between Understanding and Trust provides a much needed guide to the current state of the subject. -Professor Richard Topf of Director of the Centre for Comparative European Survey Data, Oxford, UK This is a welcome book. The issues of public understanding of science opens many questions. What does understanding mean? How does understanding translate into attitudes toward science and trust in scientists? What is the role of the mass media? The essays in this book shed light on such questions bringing insights from several disciplines. They help to define a meaningful research agenda for the future. -Professor Dorothy Nelkin of New York University, New York This publication is timely, well-balanced, critical and constructive, and constitutes a turning point in the continuing interaction betweenthe public, science and technology. This is stimulating reading for all those who are involved in science and technology policy and its implications and consequences. -Professor Paolo Fasella of Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Rome, Italy and former director of the Directorate General XII Science, Research and Development of the

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Meinolf Dierkes, Claudia von Grote, both Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin ftir Sozialforschung Germany.

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