This statistic displays the share of attitudes about effects of future technology on levels of trust between different people and parts of society in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. A 25 percent share of respondents were either very or fairly positive about technology's effects on societal trust, while 32 percent thought technology would be fairly or very negative with regards to social trust.
Share of attitudes towards the effects of future technology on levels of trust between different people and parts of society in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016*
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Share of attitudes towards the effects of future technology on levels of trust between different people and parts of society in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016*
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* The full question reads as follows: "Overall, how positive or negative an effect do you think that technology will have on each of the following in the UK over the next twenty years?"
Percentages missing or exceeding 100 percent are due to rounding.
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Nesta. (April 26, 2016). Share of attitudes towards the effects of future technology on levels of trust between different people and parts of society in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/602730/attitudes-towards-future-technology-and-trust-levels-uk/
Nesta. "Share of attitudes towards the effects of future technology on levels of trust between different people and parts of society in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016*." Chart. April 26, 2016. Statista. Accessed June 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/602730/attitudes-towards-future-technology-and-trust-levels-uk/
Nesta. (2016). Share of attitudes towards the effects of future technology on levels of trust between different people and parts of society in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/602730/attitudes-towards-future-technology-and-trust-levels-uk/
Nesta. "Share of Attitudes towards The Effects of Future Technology on Levels of Trust between Different People and Parts of Society in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2016*." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/602730/attitudes-towards-future-technology-and-trust-levels-uk/
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