Over the last few years, mobile communication has increasingly found its way into many areas of private and public life and has, in parts, extensively contributed towards their design and change. ...
The use of mobile telecommunication has substantially changed private communication and organisational behaviour as well as the organisation of professional life.
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At the end of February 2004 the German Institute for Urban Affairs (DIFU) published the anthology "Mobile communications as a source of conflict: Local scopes of action and solution strategies". The different authors describe in 14 articles their diverging experiences and positions as parties "involved in" and "affected by" the entire topic of mobile communications, in particular with respect to mobile phone base stations.
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In September 2003 the Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment (TA-SWISS) published a study with the title "The Precautionary Principle in the Information Society. Effects of Pervasive Computing on Health and Environment". TA-Swiss is affiliated to the Swiss Science and Technology Council, which is the advisory body of the Swiss Federal Council for any topics on science, education, research and technology policy.
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This study was compiled as part of the project “Accompanying research in the dialogue of sustainable mobile communication”, processed by the “Risiko-Dialog” foundation. Its aim was to deepen the understanding of the controversially-lead mobile communication debate in Switzerland and to develop starting points for a solution-oriented discussion.
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The aim of this study which was conducted in cooperation with Jérôme Racine and Klaus Winkler, was to assess whether the standardised use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), in particular mediation, could reduce dispute potential in the area of site selection of mobile communication sites.
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In October /November 2006, TNS Opinion & Social Network carried out a personal inquiry (face-to-face) on behalf of the European Commission in the 25 EU countries (EU25) about the topic „Electromagnetic Fields” (EMF).
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ITAS, the Institute For Technology Assessment And Systems Analysis, published a focus about „Mobile Telecommunication – Risk discourse in science, policy and public“ („TECHNIKFOLGENABSCHÄTZUNG – Theorie und Praxis“ (Nr. 3, 17. Jahrgang, Dezember 2008).
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The Eurobarometer is a series of surveys among EU citizens periodically funded by the European Commission since 1973. In a recent Eurobarometer poll in 2010 (Report 347) the public perception on possible health effects of electromagnetic fields was assessed in the 27 Member States of the European Union and compared to a preceding survey conducted in 2006/2007. The results for the German respondents show that there is only little concern about possible health effects from electromagnetic fields among German citizens. At present, German respondents are more concerned about high-voltage power lines than about mobile phones or mobile phone base stations. About one third of the German respondents informed themselves on electromagnetic fields using different sources of information. 50 percent of the interested persons were satisfied with the quality of the material, which is a significant increase compared to the last survey in 2006/2007. German citizens still prefer television as an information medium, followed by print media. In Germany, thirty percent of the respondents feel to be effectively protected against health risks from electromagnetic fields by the authorities. The Eurobarometer largely supports the results obtained within the research projects commissioned by BfS.
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