Abstract
The study explores the structural relationships among students’ understanding of nature of science and technology, risk-related knowledge, risk perception, sense of responsibility, and willingness to act, focusing on differing contexts of science and technology. 334 university students participated in an online survey addressing advanced information technology (AI, big data, metaverse, etc.) and nuclear energy. After ensuring the validity and reliability of each instrument, structural equation modeling was conducted to analyze the relationships among the variables. The results showed that awareness of the uncertainty of science and technology and risk-related knowledge influenced risk perception, which affected the sense of responsibility, and ultimately, the willingness to act. These relationships varied by context: in advanced information technology, risk-related knowledge significantly influenced responsibility, whereas no such relationship was found in nuclear energy.
| Translated title of the contribution | Analysis of the Relationships Among Risk Perception, Responsibility, and Willingness of University Students: Advanced Information Technology Versus Nuclear Technology |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 1141-1154 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | New Physics: Sae Mulli |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2024 |
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Keywords
- Advanced information technology
- Nuclear energy
- Relationship analysis
- Risk perception
- Risk related science and technology