Revija za sociologiju, Vol. 23 No. 3-4, 1992.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Man Between Nature and Technology; Comparison of research results in 1988 and 1992
Ivan Cifrić
; Odsjek za sociologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb
Sažetak
The article brings up the results of empiric research of the perception of man, nature and technology. The research was carried out in the Republic of Croatia in 1992 by the representative chance specimen of the students from the Universities of Rijeka and Zagreb. The specimen included 547 students from different faculties and years of studies.
The research was made by a survey. The instrument consisted of twenty two assertions to which Likert type scale was added.
The results showed that the most acceptable assertions were the ones about the nature balance and the need for its preservation. The least acceptable assertions were about endangering of nature and about man as its master.
Using factor analysis under component model, six latent dimensions (of the factor of 1st order) were obtained among which exists partial connection. They are: "technological optimism", "naturalistic determinism", "anthropocentrism on technological basis", "man in service to technology", "coming to terms with nature" and "mutual condition of natural and social balance".
Testing of arithmetic averages in 1992 and 1988 shows that most assertions have undergone a decrease in value in 1992 which means that the contents of those assertions are less acceptable than four years earlier. The importance of technology and expectations from space research have been increased as well as appreciation of natural conditions in social development.
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Hrčak ID:
154929
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Datum izdavanja:
31.12.1992.
Posjeta: 3.198 *