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Monitor educador
No full textEnumeración de siglas, fechas y conceptor explicativos para desenvolverse dentro del ámbito de la economía internacional, para comprender lo que la deuda externa implica.ES
The Swinburne national technology and society monitor 2003
No full textEach edition of this annual \u27snapshot\u27 of public perceptions of technological change includes an in-depth focus on one particular technology. This year the focus is on DNA paternity testing. The Monitor is based on a national survey of 1000 Australians. A series of focus groups were also conducted to provide an in-depth understanding of public attitudes towards genetic identity testing.
The key findings of the 2003 Monitor are:
* Public perceptions of technological change
Most Australians strongly trust CSIRO, universities, hospitals and scientists for information about new technologies. They are somewhat trusting of small business, the environmental movement and the public service. They do not trust governments, major companies, trade unions or the media.
* Focus on DNA paternity testing
Most Australians are comfortable with DNA paternity testing, just as they are comfortable with other \u27established\u27 new technologies such as the Internet and mobile phones. DNA paternity testing without the knowledge of the mother is controversial - but men and women are divided to the same extent
The Swinburne national technology and society monitor 2009
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The Swinburne National Technology and Society Monitor (SNTSM) provides an annual \u27snapshot\u27 of public perceptions of new technologies, science and technological change. This annual telephone survey involves interviews with a representative sample of 1000 Australian adults from all states and territories.
The specific aims of the SNTSM are to:
Gauge public attitudes and perceptions of emerging technologies and science in order to compare Australia with other countries.
Examine attitudes toward controversial technologies (e.g., stem cell research, DNA paternity testing) and emerging technologies with important social consequences (e.g., the digital divide, internet relationships).
Examine patterns of change in attitudes and perceptions over time, and explanations for these changing patterns.
The main findings of the 2009 Monitor are:
In general, Australians are comfortable with the rate of technological change in the world today.
Australians are not comfortable with nuclear power and non-renewable sources of energy. By contrast Australians are very comfortable with wind farms and renewable sources of energy.
Australians are more comfortable with the possibility of clean coal than with the Government’s proposed carbon emissions trading scheme.
The degree of comfort with genetically modified (GM) plants and animals for food remains relatively low.
Many Australians are not comfortable with using the Internet to meet new friends and even less comfortable with using the Internet to meet a romantic partner.
Australians trust scientific institutions and the non-commercial media for information about new technologies. They have less trust in major companies and the churches, with the least trust in the commercial media.
Australians report higher levels of trust in medical doctors than in mental health professionals
Zenith Data System Monitor
No full textMonitor for use with the BBC computer. Cream plastic housing with 12' screen. Maker: Zenith Data System. Date: 1985 (circa) - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University.
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