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Special EUROBAROMETER 340 “Science and Technology”
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Table of contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................... 7
1. EUROPEAN CITIZENS’ INTEREST AND LEVEL OF INFORMATION ................. 8
1.1 Interest in science and technology........................................................ 8
1.1.1: Interest in issues everyday life .............................................................8
1.1.2: Informed about issues in everyday life................................................. 13
1.1.3: Active interest in science and technology ............................................. 17
2. IMAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY .................................................... 19
2.1 Scientific complexity ........................................................................... 20
2.2 Have scientists a good view of the role of their work?......................... 22
2.3 Science and the influence of private funding ....................................... 24
3. ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ................................. 28
3.1 Optimism regarding science and technology ....................................... 31
3.2 Reserved views concerning science and technology ............................ 42
3.3 Science, luck, faith and human rights.................................................. 49
3.4 The implication of science and technology in the economy .................. 56
3.4.1: Making people’s work more interesting ................................................ 56
3.4.2: More opportunities for future generations............................................. 58
3.5 Science and animal testing.................................................................. 60
3.6 Science and terrorism ......................................................................... 64
3.7 Science and the environment .............................................................. 65
3.8 Science and health.............................................................................. 68
3.9 Science, risk and return ...................................................................... 70