Die Reaktionen der Bevölkerung auf die Ereignisse in Tschernobyl - Ergebnisse einer Befragung
Die Reaktionen der Bevölkerung auf die Ereignisse in Tschernobyl - Ergebnisse einer Befragung
A representative survey of about 2,000 citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany was conductedin November/December 1986, seven months after the Chernobyl accident, to analyze the impactsof that event on the behavior, opinions and attitudes of the German public.lt was found that one major response...
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Personal Name(s): | Peters, Hans Peter |
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Albrecht, Gabriele / Hennen, Leo / Stegelmann, Ulrich | |
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Publikationen vor 2000; PRE-2000; Retrocat |
Published in: | 1987 |
Imprint: |
Jülich
Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag
1987
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Physical Description: |
51 p. |
Document Type: |
Report Book |
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ohne Topic |
Series Title: |
Spezielle Berichte der Kernforschungsanlage Jülich
Jül-Spez-400 |
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OpenAccess |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/8440 in citations.
A representative survey of about 2,000 citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany was conductedin November/December 1986, seven months after the Chernobyl accident, to analyze the impactsof that event on the behavior, opinions and attitudes of the German public.lt was found that one major response to the event is uncertainty about the health consequencesof the reactor accident. About 50 % of the interviewed people report changes in the nutritialhabits of both themselves and their children. The changes in the diet, made according torecommendations made by several governmental authorities and other organizations and groups,varies strongly with the degree of education. The reasons for this are due, first, to a greater oppositionto nuclear energy in general and, second, to a quicker and more consequenttransformation of opinions and attitudes into behavioral dispositions within the more educatedgroups.About 40 % of the respondents voted in favour of an accelerated abandonment of nuclear energyby shutdown of existing nuclear power plants and not just by the prohibition of new ones. lt isinteresting to notice that not the youngest respondents are most frequently against nuclear energybut rather the 25-30 year-old age group.Two major surprises were found when analyzing which information sources the respondentstrusted: First, trust in established institutions like Government, Nuclear Research Centres andNuclear Industry is hardly higher than that in institutions opposing the "establishment" like theÖko-Institute (a so-called "alternative" research establishment), citizens' interest groups and journalists.(The latter belonging to the duster of anti-established institutions to a somewhat lowerdegree.) Second, trust of the establishment is only very slightly negatively correlated with trustof the anti-establishment. About a quarter of the population trusts both sides, the establishmentas well as the anti-establishment; 15 % do not trust any side. On the average the highest trust isgiven the German government; the lowest the nuclear industry.The present report just gives the results of the first step of a broad project on the social receptionof the Chernobyl accident. The following steps will focus on the institutional responses to theaccident by government agencies, political institutions and research establishments. Finally it isplanned to analyze the function of mass media in the transfer of information about the Chernobylaccident and its consequences for the Federal Republic of Germany. |