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Apr 23, 2022 · Confidence in science (measured earlier in time), however, does not influence any of the risk-society attitudes. Risk society theory has largely been overlooked in previous research on the public understanding of science.
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Nov 24, 2020 · In risk society, the danger-safety pair is replaced by a risk-trust relation. From that, two fundamental changes occur, both influenced by science and technology: the end of nature and the end of tradition. Firstly, nature is no longer a dimension external to society; it is no longer a source of threat. But it is integrated into the triad ...
- Maurício Pietrocola, Ernani Rodrigues, Filipe Bercot, Samuel Schnorr
- 10.1007/s11191-020-00176-w
- 2021
- Sci Educ (Dordr). 2021; 30(2): 209-233.
May 7, 2022 · Risk Society Theory and Confidence in Science Science literacy, politics, and religiosity are certainly impor-tant for understanding public attitudes toward science. Risk society theory, however, also holds promise for better under - standing science attitudes. With a few exceptions (Gauchat 2011; Price and Peterson 2016), those examining ...
Nov 13, 2019 · Scientists’ opinions of and attitudes towards the public: How scientists perceive public interest in science and technology, how scientists view public understanding of science and technology, and the public image and perception of scientists and the profession. In this section, we also analyze how scientists believe the public is informed about science and technology-related issues (RQ1 and 2).
- Carolina Llorente, Gema Revuelta, Mar Carrió, Miquel Porta
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0224262
- 2019
- PLoS One. 2019; 14(11): e0224262.
Nov 16, 2015 · Declining public confidence in science is a concern in the US and Europe, but it is unclear what predicts confidence in science in developed countries, let alone in developing countries. This article examines how development and ‘risk society’ shape individual attitudes toward science across 47 diverse countries, using four theoretically driven measures of risk society.
- Anne M Price, Lindsey P Peterson
- 2016
Nov 16, 2015 · The author uses risk society theory to develop hypotheses about sources of confidence in science. The focus is on perceptions that science creates harms, scientific knowledge is uncertain, and ...
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Scientific progress, particularly productive science, is linked to more material comforts. These results make more sense when we take into account the country covariates we use to measure the risk society. Confidence in Science in Risk Society 27 We examined four theoretically driven country covariates to test the notion of “risk society”.
