Attentive Public for Soviet Science and Technology.

摘要

Despite the limitations in the SIP data base, we still can draw some general conclusions about the attentive public for Soviet science and technology. The interest in organized science was fairly high, whether measured by the emigres' reading habits or by their attention to Soviet scientific achievements. Approximately 33 to 45 percent of the emigres could be considered members of the attentive public. Many of them read science fiction and acquired information on organized science by reading scientific-technical nonfiction. Those who were attentive to science technology had a more Positive image of the honesty of scientific leaders, and they were more likely to support the relative importance of fundamental research.