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This paper views the social landscape of biotechnology from the perspective of emerging perceptions and attitudes of consumers to food biotechnology. The information from which consumers' perceptions and attitudes may be discerned comes in several different forms. These include market responses to food biotechnology. Media attention paid to this issue is a second source of information. The attention that is directed toward policy processes and regulatory institutions for food biotechnology, as this is translated through the political system into policy, is another expression of consumers' attitudes. Information from publicly-reported opinion polls and studies of social scientists of attitudes to biotechnology also provides insight on consumers' preceptions. More emphasis is directed at the last two of these expressions of attitudes to food biotechnology in this paper, since at this point of time they are the most readily assess of the various manifestations. Each of the four focal viewpoints of market reactions, media attention, policy processes, and polls and related studies indicates that levels of public and consumer awareness of food biotechnology are increasing. The differences that are seen in the regulation of agricultural biotechnology in different regions of the world suggest that attitudes of different groups of people to biotechnology vary greatly and this is confirmed by opinion polls and related studies. The level of concern about agricultural biotechnology seems to be increasing as public awareness of this new technology increases. Background to this paper is provided through the following overview of divergences in attitudes to food biotechnology, Subsequent discussions move to expressions of increased consumer interest in food biotechnology, differences in approaches to regulation of food biotechnology, the broad features of recent major opinion polls and some studies of consumer's attitudes. The final section of the paper summarises major features of the discussion and suggests some conclusions.

This paper views the social landscape of biotechnology from the perspective of emerging perceptions and attitudes of consumers to food biotechnology. The information from which consumers' perceptions and attitudes may be discerned comes in several different forms. These include market responses to food biotechnology. Media attention paid to this issue is a second source of information. The attention that is directed toward policy processes and regulatory institutions for food biotechnology, as this is translated through the political system into policy, is another expression of consumers' attitudes. Information from publicly-reported opinion polls and studies of social scientists of attitudes to biotechnology also provides insight on consumers' preceptions. More emphasis is directed at the last two of these expressions of attitudes to food biotechnology in this paper, since at this point of time they are the most readily assess of the various manifestations. Each of the four focal viewpoints of market reactions, media attention, policy processes, and polls and related studies indicates that levels of public and consumer awareness of food biotechnology are increasing. The differences that are seen in the regulation of agricultural biotechnology in different regions of the world suggest that attitudes of different groups of people to biotechnology vary greatly and this is confirmed by opinion polls and related studies. The level of concern about agricultural biotechnology seems to be increasing as public awareness of this new technology increases. Background to this paper is provided through the following overview of divergences in attitudes to food biotechnology, Subsequent discussions move to expressions of increased consumer interest in food biotechnology, differences in approaches to regulation of food biotechnology, the broad features of recent major opinion polls and some studies of consumer's attitudes. The final section of the paper summarises major features of the discussion and suggests some conclusions.

Issues which may determine future support for the Alliance. The Europeanization of NATO, conventional armaments, nuclear deterrence, security problems in the Third World.

Public interest, knowledge, & attitudes toward science, technology, & industrialization are compared among the 12 European Community countries using a 1989 Eurobarometer survey (N = 11,678). Results suggest that overall levels of scientific knowledge are moderately related to interest & attitudes, but this simple correlation obscures more complex relationships: (1) the variance of attitudes & interest within & across countries increases with national levels of knowledge; (2) knowledge, interest, & attitudes show a curvilinear relationship with levels of industrialization; & (3) the consistency of the knowledge & attitude measures declines as the national level of knowledge increases, which suggests a knowledge-ignorance paradox as well as a knowledge specialization problem among informed populations. 1 Table, 7 Figures, 5 Appendixes, 27 References. Adapted from the source document.

To explain negative perceptions of government ethics, and particularly of the ethics of public administrators, the authors use the paradox of distance and the absence of role differentiation. In the paradox of distance, the public holds negative views of government generally and public administrators in the abstract, but they have favorable to very favorable views of governmental programs with which they interact and favorable views of the bureaucrats whom they encounter. Much of the negative perception of government ethics and the ethics of public officials is based on public observations of the misdeeds of those who are elected or politically appointed. These negative perceptions are well founded. Unfortunately, the public holds similarly negative views of merit civil servants, although these public officials are much less often associated with corruption or unethical behavior. Finally, the authors suggest that several contemporary governmental reforms will, in the long run, result in more rather than less government corruption.

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF POST-COLD WAR DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE INFORMATION TASK OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND HOW THE ORGANIZATION HAS COPED WITH THE NEW CHALLENGES. IT ANALYZES THE SUCCESSFUL UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN NAMIBIA AND CAMBODIA AS EXPERIENCES FROM WHICH MUCH CAN BE LEARNED TO IMPROVE THE INFORMATION FLOW BOTH IN FUTURE AREAS OF OPERATION AND TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WHOSE SUPPORT OF THE PEACE PROCESS IS ESSENTIAL.

A better quality of urban life can be achieved with one of the best planning method; public perception. The local communities and the tourists are the groups that are identified as the most influence and affected individual in an area and give the tremendous boost to any development. The research aim is to obtain the level of awareness and appreciation of these groups toward the cultural attraction. It is envisaged that the analysis will further contribute to the knowledge and idea of professional disciplinary. The findings are hoped to contribute towards establishing the preservation of cultural attractions including architecture, religion attraction, and natural environmental setting.

If hurricane modification were to become a feasible strategy for potentially reducing hurricane damages, it would likely generate public discourse about whether to support its implementation. To facilitate an informed and constructive discourse, policymakers need to understand how people perceive hurricane modification. Here, we examine Florida residents' perceptions of hurricane modification techniques that aim to alter path and wind speed. Following the mental models approach, we conducted a survey study about public perceptions of hurricane modification that was guided by formative interviews on the topic. We report a set of four primary findings. First, hurricane modification was perceived as a relatively ineffective strategy for damage reduction, compared to other strategies for damage reduction. Second, hurricane modification was expected to lead to changes in projected hurricane path, but not necessarily to the successful reduction of projected hurricane strength. Third, more anger was evoked when a hurricane was described as having changed from the initially forecasted path or strength after an attempted modification. Fourth, unlike what we expected, participants who more strongly agreed with statements that recognized the uncertainty inherent in forecasts reported more rather than less anger at scientists across hurricane modification scenarios. If the efficacy of intensity‐reduction techniques can be increased, people may be willing to support hurricane modification. However, such an effort would need to be combined with open and honest communications to members of the general public.