Problematic Publics: A Critical Review of Surveys of Public Attitudes to Biotechnology

Science Technology and Human Values - Tập 22 Số 3 - Trang 317-348 - 1997
Aidan Davison1,1, Ian Barns1,1, Renato Schibeci1,1
1Murdoch University, Australia

Tóm tắt

This article discusses a range of recent major surveys of public attitudes toward biotechnology. The authors identify a number of problematic features of the surveys: the use of predominantly consumerist rather than civic conception of public discourse; the assumption of a unitary "general public," a "cognitive deficit" approach to public understanding of science; and the presumption of a politically neutral and instrumental ist model of science and technology. The authors then examine some alternative ap proaches to exploring perceptions of biotechnology among a diversity of interested publics, including more focused dialogical surveys, consensus conferences, and parlia mentary inquiries.

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