scholarly journals Targeting public awareness of a building development project

2019 ◽  
Vol 279 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Miroslav Sůra
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Information Process ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
The Public ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Building Project

The responsible body pushing a case of a building project often gets into the situation when they have to defend and carry the project through the public. Lack of defects in a project, such as concerning green and sustainable building objectives, has positive influence on public awareness when the project is to be implemented. The building projects in question were not viewed and accepted equally by each party as different defects were pointed out by different subjects – the projects did not naturally resonate with everyone’s views. In the article we present a course of action while informing the public and other subjects involved in a building project. The purpose was to eliminate defects apt to induce disagreements with the building project, to eliminate such adverse consequences as delays and extra costs, caused by some individuals’ lack of information, or sometimes by others parties’ disturbing or harmful plans, either based on the law or not. Some figures are available that document the time change in public attitude as the information process controlled by municipality progressed and thus modified the public attitudes.

scholarly journals Public awareness and their attitudes toward adopting renewable energy technologies in Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-91
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hamed Patmal ◽  
Habiburrahman Shiran
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Renewable Energy Technologies ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
The Government

This research investigates the factors that potentially affect public attitudes and their adoption of renewable energy technologies for electrical energy production in Afghanistan. The study is carried out with a survey from Kabul and its neighboring provinces including Logar, Maidan Wardak, Nangarhar, Ghazni, Parwan & Kapisa provinces. We used a random sampling process to collect data using a web-based questionnaire. The survey was well designed to highlight conveniently the public understanding, willingness, and attitudes toward adopting renewable energy technologies (RETs). The outcome of the survey is then evaluated to discover the most potential factor affecting public acceptance of RETs. The results declared that the educational level, expertise in RETs, and income of respondents are positively related, while the age of respondents is negatively related to the public willingness on the use and investment in RETs. The majority of respondents have used one type of RETs, however, 23 % of respondents have not used any type of RETs. Study shows that the RETs use and access to grid electricity are reversely related, where the access is lower, the RETs use is higher and vice versa. Most of the respondents were not well informed and most disagreed with the government policies on RETs, therefore, public awareness programs on RETs and government policies are recommended. The majority of respondents were willing to invest in RETs, therefore, the government should commit itself and support private sectors to invest in RETs and take part in its development.

scholarly journals Public attitudes towards COVID-19 contact tracing apps: a UK-based focus group study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Nicholas ◽  
Chris Armitage ◽  
Tova Tampe ◽  
Kimberly Dienes
Keyword(s):  
Text Messaging ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Greater Good ◽  
The Uk

OBJECTIVE: To explore public attitudes to the proposed COVID-19 contact tracing app in the United Kingdom.DESIGN: Qualitative study consisting of five focus groups carried out between 1st-4th May, 2020 (39-42 days after the official start of the UK lockdown). SETTING: Online video-conferencingPARTICIPANTS: 22 participants, all UK residents aged 18 years and older, representing a range of different genders, ages, ethnicities and locations.RESULTS: Participants were split roughly equally in number across three groups: will use the app; will not be using the app; and undecided as to whether they will use the app. Analysis revealed five main themes: (1) Lack of information and misconceptions surrounding COVID-19 contact tracing apps; (2) concerns over privacy; (3) concerns over stigma; (4) concerns over uptake; and (5) contact tracing as the ‘greater good’. These themes were found across the sample and the three groups. However, concerns over privacy, uptake and stigma were particularly significant amongst those state they will not be using the app and the view that the app is for the “greater good” was particularly significant amongst those who stated they will be using the app. One of the most common misconceptions about the app was that it could allow users to specifically identify and map COVID-19 cases amongst their contacts and in their vicinity.CONCLUSIONS: We offer four recommendations: (1) To offset the fact that many people may not be accessing, or might be avoiding, news coverage on COVID-19, authorities must communicate to the public via a range of methods including but not limited to: social media ads, postal information, text messaging and other emergency alert systems. (2) Communications should emphasise that the app cannot enable the user to identify which of their contacts has reported COVID-19 symptoms or tested positive. (3) Communication should emphasise collective responsibility (‘the greater good’) to promote social norms around use of the app (4) Communication should provide a slogan that maximises clarity of message, for example: ‘Download the app, protect the NHS, save lives’.

scholarly journals Edukasi Masyarakat Tentang Covid-19 Di Kelurahan Negeri Jaya Kecamatan Negeri Besar Kabupaten Way Kanan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1514-1518
Author(s):  
M. Arifki Zainaro ◽  
Fara Millinia Suwares
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Percent Improvement ◽  
Power Point

ABSTRAK Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) adalah jenis penyakit baru yang sebelumnya belum teridentifikasi pada manusia. Dan semakin banyaknya lonjaka angka positif virus corona di Indonesia, sepatutnya menaikkan pemahaman penduduk terhadap bahaya pandemi ini. Rencana dari kegiatan yang dilakukan ini adalah agar masyarakat biasa tau apa itu pengertian dari COVID-19 dan meningkatkan kesadaran akan pentingnya sikap masyarakat terhadap orang-orang yang Terinfeksi Virus COVID-19 baik itu dirinya, keluarga ataupun tetangganya, dan tujuan dari kegiatan khusus ini adalah untuk dapat mengatasi sikap masyarakat terhadap orang-orang yang Terinfeksi Virus COVID-19 secara mandiri dengan memberikan edukasi/informasi tentang COVID-19 setelah dilakukan kegiatan penyuluhan. Sebelum dilakukan kegiatan edukasi diketahui pengetahuan masyarakat hanya sekitar 60%. Kemudian  dilakukan  edukasi singkat  menggunakan aplikasi Zoom dan Power Point terdapat  peningkatan 80% kemampuan dan pengetahuan tentang COVID-19 dan bagaimana cara menyikapinya jika ada seseorang yang terinfeksi COVID-19 pada masyarakat kelurahan Negeri Jaya kecamatan Negeri Besar kabupaten Way Kanan. Kata Kunci : COVID-19, Edukasi, Meningkatkan Kesadaran, Sikap Masyarakat.  ABSTRACT Coronavirus Sickness 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel form of disease that has never been seen in humans before. Furthermore, the rising number of corona virus positives in Indonesia should raise public awareness of the pandemic's hazards. The goal of this activity is for ordinary people to understand what COVID-19 means and to raise awareness of the importance of public attitudes toward people infected with the COVID-19 virus, whether they are themselves, their families, or their neighbors. The goal of this special activity is to be able to overcome public attitudes toward people infected with the COVID-19 virus independent of the COVID-19 virus. Only approximately 60% of the public was aware of the instructional initiatives before they were implemented. Then, using the Zoom and PowerPoint apps, a brief education was performed in the Negeri Jaya sub-district, Negeri Besar sub-district, and Way Kanan district, resulting in an 80 percent improvement in ability and knowledge of COVID-19 and how to respond if someone was infected with COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, Education, Public Awareness, and Community Attitudes

scholarly journals Inconsistency of Information of Indonesian Government Officials through the Media on Public Concern in Preventing the Spread of Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 344
Author(s):  
Chontina Siahaan ◽  
Siti Komsiah
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
Source Theory ◽  
The Media ◽  
Official Information

The aim of the research is to reveal the influence of official disinformation through the media on public concern in preventing the spread of Covid-19. The theory used in this research is Carl I. Hovland's Credibility Source theory. A sample of 100 people from various walks of life in Jakarta. The results showed that the inconsistency of information from government officials had a positive and significant effect on community concern in preventing Covid-19. The positive influence shows that the inconsistency of information from Indonesian government officials is responded positively by the concern of the public in preventing Covid-19. the level of public awareness of disinformation, providing official information through the media. The ability to overcome turbulence situations is to display consistency, defined as a unity of motion, between thoughts, speech and actions, in order to arrive at a common goal.

scholarly journals Public Attitudes toward Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Five Chinese Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Guan ◽  
Ke Meng ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Lan Xue
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
National Level ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
Heuristic Systematic Model ◽  
Development Goals

Raising public awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a critical prerequisite for their implementation. However, little is known about attitude formation among the public toward SDGs at the national level. We explored this topic in China, a country that has emerged as a leading world economy with strong transformational imperatives to work toward sustainable development. Following Chaiken’s heuristic–systematic model and using data from an online survey with 4128 valid respondents, this study investigated the factors that affect public support for SDGs and explains how individuals form supportive attitudes. Our empirical evidence showed that in China, first, public support is mainly shaped by demographic attributes (gender, age, and educational attainment), value predispositions (e.g., altruistic values and anthropocentric worldviews), and the level of SDG-relevant knowledge. Second, an interaction effect exists between value predispositions and knowledge among the public concerning support for SDGs. Third, the Chinese public views the implementation of SDGs as a part of development policy rather than environmental policy. This study provides empirical findings on the factors that account for public attitudes toward SDGs, outlining some useful implications for designing policy tools that would bolster SDG action.

scholarly journals Garden centre customer attitudes to pollinators and pollinator-friendly planting

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica R. Wignall ◽  
Karin Alton ◽  
Francis L.W. Ratnieks
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Flowering Plant ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Personal Motivation ◽  
Public Garden ◽  
Pollinating Insects ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Customer Attitudes

Growing nectar- and pollen-rich flowering plant varieties in domestic gardens and other greenspace is an important pro-environmental behaviour that supports pollinating insects. Wildlife gardening is popular in the UK; however, public attitudes and behaviour relating to planting for pollinators are currently not well understood. We investigated these through questionnaires and interviews with customers in five garden centres in Sussex, southeast England, a relevant and useful consumer group representing horticulturally-engaged members of the public. Garden centre customers had strongly positive attitudes and were motivated to plant for bees and other pollinators: most (77%) grew pollinator-friendly varieties, while 64% would be more likely to buy a plant with a pollinator-friendly logo. Personal motivation to support pollinators was linked to a recent increase in personal and public awareness of their declines through (often negativistic) information from mass media sources. Practical implications of these findings in relation to the horticultural retail industry are discussed.

Comparing and Predicting Public Attitudes Toward Stuttering, Obesity, and Mental Illness

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2023-2038
Author(s):  
Kenneth O. St. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Left Handedness ◽  
Human Attributes

Purpose Extensive research on public attitudes has documented stigma toward stuttering, obesity, and mental illness; however, most studies have focused on only one of these conditions. This study sought to compare public attitudes toward stuttering, obesity, and mental illness as well as to identify the predictive potential of four ratings relating to these and other neutral or desirable conditions. Method Five hundred respondents who were selected from each of three international databases filled out the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes (POSHA) for stuttering, obesity, or mental illness. The POSHA surveys were as similar as possible, and all contained four general items asking respondents' “impression” of the attribute, extent to which he or she “wants to be/have” that attribute, “amount known” about the attribute, and “persons known” who manifest the attribute, for stuttering, obesity, and mental illness plus two others, namely, left-handedness and intelligence. The POSHA surveys also had the same summary scores, Beliefs, Self-Reactions, and an Overall Score. Results Summary scores for the three POSHA surveys in the 500-respondent samples revealed negative attitudes toward all three conditions, the most positive being toward obesity, followed by stuttering and then by mental illness. Stepwise regression analysis indicated that various general items had significant prediction potential not only of attitudes for the same condition but also of attitudes for other conditions. The greatest other condition predictions were between stuttering and mental illness. Conclusions Stuttering is regarded as less stigmatizing than mental illness but more stigmatizing than obesity. Additionally, positivity toward one condition results in limited positivity toward the others. Impressions and knowledge of—as well as experience with—stigmatized conditions can inform public awareness campaigns and individual clinical programs dealing with stigma. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.12860939

Wicked “wild dogs”: Australian public awareness of and attitudes towards dingoes and dingo management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily M. van Eeden ◽  
Mathew S. Crowther ◽  
Chris R. Dickman ◽  
Thomas M. Newsome
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Lethal Control ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Poison Baiting ◽  
Wild Dogs

Public opposition has shaped management of wild animals in Australia, but public interest in dingo control has been minimal. We hypothesised that this is due to lack of awareness of dingo management practices, in part because using the term “wild dogs” to describe management renders “dingoes” invisible, framing the issue as one of control of introduced pests rather than control of an iconic Australian animal. We distributed an online questionnaire survey to the Australian public ( N = 811) to measure how the public perceived dingoes and their management, how these views compared with other animals managed as pests in Australia, and whether the term “wild dogs” has shaped views and knowledge of dingo management. Most respondents (84.6%) considered dingoes to be native to Australia and there was low approval of lethal control methods, except when justification was provided (e.g., to protect livestock or endangered native species). Only 19.1% were aware that “wild dog” management included dingoes, and attitudes towards “wild dogs” were more negative than those towards dingoes. If public awareness about dingo management increases, pressure from the public may result and shape future management actions, including restricting the use of lethal control practices like poison baiting on public lands. As such, public attitudes should be incorporated into decision-making, and appropriate communication strategies need to be employed to prevent backlash.

Trust in the Police: Cross-country Comparisons

2012 ◽  
pp. 24-47
Author(s):  
V. Gimpelson ◽  
G. Monusova
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Police Activity

Using different cross-country data sets and simple econometric techniques we study public attitudes towards the police. More positive attitudes are more likely to emerge in the countries that have better functioning democratic institutions, less prone to corruption but enjoy more transparent and accountable police activity. This has a stronger impact on the public opinion (trust and attitudes) than objective crime rates or density of policemen. Citizens tend to trust more in those (policemen) with whom they share common values and can have some control over. The latter is a function of democracy. In authoritarian countries — “police states” — this tendency may not work directly. When we move from semi-authoritarian countries to openly authoritarian ones the trust in the police measured by surveys can also rise. As a result, the trust appears to be U-shaped along the quality of government axis. This phenomenon can be explained with two simple facts. First, publicly spread information concerning police activity in authoritarian countries is strongly controlled; second, the police itself is better controlled by authoritarian regimes which are afraid of dangerous (for them) erosion of this institution.

A Subtle but Intractable Problem? Public Attitudes to Sectarianism in 2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Ormston ◽  
John Curtice ◽  
Stephen Hinchliffe ◽  
Anna Marcinkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Beliefs ◽  
Intractable Problem ◽  
Robust Evidence

Discussion of sectarianism often focuses on evidence purporting to show discriminatory behaviour directed at Catholics or Protestants in Scotland. But attitudes also matter – in sustaining (or preventing) such discriminatory behaviours, and in understanding the nature of the ‘problem of sectarianism’ from the perspective of the Scottish public. This paper uses data from the Scottish Social Attitudes survey 2014. The survey fills a gap in the evidence base by providing robust evidence on what the public actually thinks about sectarianism in modern Scotland. It assesses public beliefs about the extent and nature of sectarianism and its perceived causes. Tensions in public opinion and differences in the attitudes of different sections of Scottish society are explored.

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