Han Seungwoo, Lee Yookyung
Center for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Front Psychol. 2023 Oct 5;14:1202550. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1202550. eCollection 2023.
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored that divisive views on science and technology span both the Global North and South. This study posits that an individual's perception of their current living standard acts as a mediating factor linking income inequality to attitudes towards scientific and technological advancements. It contends that rising income disparities shape perceptions, making individuals feel their current living conditions have not surpassed those of prior generations. Consequently, such perceptions diminish the likelihood of recognizing the positive impacts of science and technology on societal progress and future prospects. This paper sheds light on how escalating inequality fosters societal rifts concerning science and technology.
新冠疫情凸显出，全球北方和南方都存在对科学技术的分歧观点。本研究认为，个人对其当前生活水平的认知是连接收入不平等与对科技进步态度的一个中介因素。它认为，不断加剧的收入差距塑造了人们的认知，使个人觉得他们当前的生活条件并未超过前几代人。因此，这种认知降低了认识到科学技术对社会进步和未来前景产生积极影响的可能性。本文揭示了不平等加剧如何引发有关科学技术的社会裂痕。
