The Community attitudes towards science and technology in Australia report is analysis of several attitudinal studies.
The report reveals the drivers of different community attitudes and awareness, looking at how individual values impact attitudes; levels of trust and the impact of negative media coverage on trust; people’s preferred sources of information; disengagement by young Australians, impacts of science at school on later attitudes to science.
Download a copy of the report from the CSIRO Research Publications Repository: Community attitudes towards science and technology in Australia.