Technology and Social Change: The Impact of Genetic Forecasting on Attitudes and Values

技术与社会变革：基因预测对态度和价值观的影响

• 批准号: 9023024
• 负责人: Eleanor Singer
• 金额: $ 4.17万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-05-15 至 1993-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9023024&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Technology; Social; Change; Impact; Genetic

Scientific advance in genetics and its applications in genetic forecasting produce multiple issues of public policy; salient among these issues are prenatal testing and the use of genetic information in the workplace. An understanding of relevant public attitudes and values and their formation can be valuable to policy people, scholars addressing the social impacts of genetic technologies, and those concerned with education. This research, coupled with NSF-supported research recently completed by the investigator, will provide a baseline "snapshot" of public attitudes and values. The investigator providently began her research early, before there was much media attention, so that initial awareness could be studied. In this project, the investigator will extend the monitoring and analyze the data from this and the earlier project. By adding questions to the General Social Survey, she will obtain additional data on attitudes to genetic forecasting that are embedded with other attitudes. This is a very economical strategy for enhancing our understanding. This project also prepares the way for future measurement of values and attitudes in this area. Publication of the results in appropriate journals and presentations at professional meetings will provide wide dissemination. This proposal is a reasonable request for support to enable a highly competent investigator to carry out research which very usefully extends our understanding of the social implications of new genetic technologies. The institutional support is very good; the projected research is well planned to provide the baseline picture that is needed. Dissemination will assure its research appropriate audiences. Support is highly recommended.

遗传学的科学进展及其在遗传学中的应用 预测产生多个公共政策问题;突出的 这些问题包括产前检查和使用基因 工作场所的信息。 理解相关 公众的态度和价值观及其形成是有价值的 政策制定者，学者， 基因技术，以及与教育有关的技术。 这 研究，加上最近完成的NSF支持的研究 由研究者，将提供一个基线"快照"的公众 态度和价值观。 调查员很有远见地开始了她的工作。 在媒体关注之前， 可以研究初步认识。 本工程 研究者将延长监测并分析数据， 这个和以前的项目。 通过向General添加问题 社会调查，她将获得更多的数据， 与其他态度相结合的遗传预测。 这 是一个非常经济的策略来增进我们的理解。 该项目还为未来测量 这方面的价值观和态度。 结果公布于 在专业会议上发表适当的期刊和演讲 将广泛传播。 这项建议是一项合理的支持请求， 非常有能力调查员进行研究， 有效地扩展了我们对社会影响的理解 新的基因技术。 机构支持非常 很好;计划中的研究计划周密， 这是需要的基线图。 传播将确保其 研究合适的受众。 强烈建议提供支持。