title: How to compare the social foundations of science culture: A trial with five cities in Korea.
abstract: Though there have been several indicator systems to monitor the status quo of science and technology and of scientific literacy, few are especially designed for science culture, especially for its social dimension. Furthermore there is little agreement on how to measure it. In a previous study, an indicator system, SCI (Science Culture Indicators), had been developed to monitor the status quo of the science culture of a nation at both individual and social dimensions. The purpose of this study was to explore a practical way to measure and compare local cities' social foundation of science culture by revising and standardizing the social dimension of SCI and by applying it to five metropolitan cities in Korea. Despite some limits, the results of this study appear not only to reflect the cities' current situations but also to show the strength and weakness of their social foundation of science culture.
authors.affiliation: Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jinwoong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Minkyung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Eunjeong
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Leekyoung
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sook-Kyoung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cho
keywords: city; index; indicator; science culture; social foundation