By Martin W. Bauer, Rajesh Shukla, Nick Allum
This publication bargains the 1st comparative account of the adjustments and stabilities of public perceptions of technology in the US, France, China, Japan, and throughout Europe during the last few many years. The members handle the impression of cultural components; the query of technological know-how and faith and its impact on specific advancements (e.g. stem cellphone research); and the demarcation of technological know-how from non-science in addition to concerns together with the ‘incommensurability’ as opposed to ‘cognitive polyphasia’ and the cognitive (in)tolerance of other platforms of information.
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Here is a list of databases comprising micro-integrated data for longitudinal and comparative research: • France (1972, 1982, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2007; see Boy); • US (1979–2006, biannually; N ∼20000; see Losh); • EU12 (1989, 1992, 2001, 2005, N ∼ 50,000; see Bauer & Shukla); • India (2001, 2004, 2007, N ∼ 50,000; see Shukla & Raza); • India-EU (integrated India04 and EU05; N∼60,000, see Shukla & Bauer); • China-EU (integrated China-Hefei 2007 and EU05; see Liu & Bauer); • Bulgaria-UK (1992, 1996, 2005), N ∼ 4000; see Petkova & Todorov); • US-EU (The literacy database, see J Miller); • ROSE (database of 15-year-olds in 40 countries, see Sjøeberg & Schreiner).
Much information and not least the data often remain informally on somebody’s personal computer. It would be desirable to conduct a survey of surveys and document their exact sources/contexts, make the questionnaires available in English, and explore the status and accessibility of the raw data, preferably as a web resource. Such a survey was initially envisaged for this book, but it was too large to handle. This documentation is a project of its own considering the resources in terms of time and effort required to complete it.
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