2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the present state of the perception structure of science technology in Japan for improving the risk literacy of the public.
| Project/Area Number |
20300256
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
MURAYAMA Rumiko Kyoto University, 大学院・工学研究科, 助教 (20280761)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
UCHIYAMA Iwao 京都大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 名誉教授 (20151897)
NAKAUNE Naoko 新潟大学, 教育・学生支援機構, 特任准教授 (00321563)
KISHIKAWA Hiroki 武庫川女子大学, 生活環境学部, 講師 (70469071)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | リスク / リスクリテラシー / 科学技術リテラシー |
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| Research Abstract |
A nationwide survey of Japanese adults assessed understanding and risk perception structure of science technology. The result shows ; 1) the recognition of the need or benefit of the science technology for daily life ware associated with risk perception. The technology that people thought that was more essential or offered more benefits for their life tended to be underestimated health risk of it. 2) As of March 2010, that was the time the survey conducted and was one year before the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Japanese public was aware of increased risk of "big earthquake". That was the immediate threat for the people of quake-prone Japan. Especially people who lived in Kanto or Toukai region tended to estimate the risk higher than the others people, and who lived in Tohoku region tended to underestimate that risk. There is a high possibility that the Great East Japan Earthquake cause a large change in Japanese risk perception. The changes in the public risk perception of science technology are needed to make a continual survey.
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Research Products
(3 results)
