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https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.51.3.7
Value Framework of Social Perceptions of Science
Branka Golub
orcid.org/0000-0002-3793-8460
; Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Nikola Petrović
orcid.org/0000-0002-0308-521X
; Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Sažetak
This article shows the comparison of value orientations in the Croatian society and the public
image of cognitive potential and social role of science in solving social and other problems
and challenges of human existence. It is based on attitudes of a sample of 2,220 respondents
who represent adult (18+) Croatian population and who were surveyed in 2004. Items used
for measuring the perception of social impact of science were based on the National Science
Foundation questionnaire and items used for measuring cognitive potential of science were
based on one British-Bulgarian study. Value orientation scales were constructed based on
factors which were the result of the principal component analysis using varimax rotation.
In the public image of science in Croatia, three correlated and at the same time conflicting
perceptions of science were intertwined. The co-existence of optimistic, sceptical and conservative
view of science was examined in the social system of values in which two traditional
patterns were highly valued - etatism and patriotism, slightly less valued was economic and
political liberalism and the least valued were ethnocentrism, patriarchalism and authoritarianism.
Correlations between general value patterns and perceptions of science showed that
scientific conservatism had deeper roots in traditional or retraditionalised values, while the
prevailing optimistic attitude towards science was less determined by value patterns. It was
correlated to a greater extent only with liberal values.
Ključne riječi
value orientations; social perceptions of science; public image of science; value framework of social perceptions of science
Hrčak ID:
115077
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Datum izdavanja:
3.2.2014.
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