Međunarodne studije, Vol. III No. 1, 2003.
Izlaganje sa skupa
Citizens’ Willingness to Freely Express Their Opinions As a Factor of Social Change
Dragoljub Krneta
; socijalni psiholog i odgovorni istraživač u Agenciji za ispitivanje javnog mnijenja "PRIMA-PRINT" Banja Luka, Bosna i Hercegovina
Sažetak
In a range of significant issues of development of democracy in this area, the issues of studying the factors which contribute to more active inclusion of citizens into social changes also bear certain significance. Readiness to express freely their thoughts has been examined through a) perception of existence of a general atmosphere of confidence in social institutions and possibility of public expression of critical thought without fearing of consequences, b) readiness of a citizen to speak publicly in the society what he thinks, and c) perception of contribution of personal engagement in accomplishing changes in the society.
The results obtained from the conducted research show undoubtedly that:
a) two thirds of the surveyed citizens observe that in the society there is still no general atmosphere of confidence and that it is not possible to speak about failures of those in power without suffering consequences;
b) attitudes of the citizens are divided, taking into consideration that only one third of the surveyed believes that it is possible to speak publicly what someone thinks without fearing of consequences (especially so if what they talk about is not in accordance with accepted social attitudes and general believe, while the other two thirds believe that they can't speak publicly or are not sure;
c) there is a difference between the expected and real behaviour of citizens, taking into consideration that the citizens are divided regarding possibilities of free expression of thoughts, even though their more active engagement in democratization process is expected.
Ključne riječi
society; social change; development of democracy; opinion research; freedom of thought and speech
Hrčak ID:
289953
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.4.2003.
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