The Spanish opinion in front of the new biotechnologies

Abstract

The new biotechnologies represent a great hope for the human being, although people have a perception respect they ambivalent, where the good and the bad that suppose are join. The present article treats this ambivalence in the Spain people. For that I have analysed four public opinion studies with different methodologies: discussion groups, interviews, and inquiries. The analysis work realized permit do a comprehensive evaluation for the knowledge, information, interest, acceptation, perception, control demand, normative knowledge, social participation claims, risk perception, etc. All these items are very important for legitimate the new biotechnologies, and for that they have the public acceptation.