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Public Understanding of, and Attitudes toward, Scientific Research: What We Know and What We Need to Know
Jon D. Miller
j-miller8{at}northwestern.edu
Over the last four decades, a substantial body of national survey material has been collected in the US concerning the public understanding of science and technology. Using this body of research, this analysis outlines the major trends from 1957 to 1999 and discusses their implications for public understanding of, and attitudes toward, scientific research. The analysis found that although the rate of civic scientific literacy in the US is only now approaching 20 percent, there is a strong and continuing public belief in the value of scientific research for economic prosperity and for the quality of life. Even though there are some continuing reservations about the pace of change engendered by science and technology and the relationship between science and faith, the public consistently reconciles these differing perceptions in favor of science.
Public Understanding of Science, Vol. 13, No. 3,
273-294 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0963662504044908
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