Q. Overall, do you think technological advances in recent years have been positive for:
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | Total agree Jul 2017 | Total disagree Jul 2017 | |||
| National security | 48% | 19% | 12% | 36% | 27% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 53% | 16% | ||
| Culture/entertainment | 46% | 13% | 10% | 36% | 33% | 10% | 3% | 8% | 57% | 9% | ||
| Provision of private services | 44% | 12% | 7% | 37% | 35% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 45% | 11% | ||
| Provision of government services | 41% | 17% | 6% | 35% | 35% | 12% | 5% | 8% | 50% | 14% | ||
| Personal safety | 39% | 22% | 8% | 31% | 34% | 16% | 6% | 6% | 49% | 16% | ||
| Personal relationships | 26% | 27% | 5% | 21% | 40% | 18% | 9% | 8% | 31% | 30% | ||
| Job security | 23% | 35% | 4% | 19% | 35% | 25% | 10% | 7% | 27% | 34% |
Nearly half the respondents think that technological advances have been positive for national security (48%) and culture/entertainment (46%), However, they were divided over job security (23% agree/35% disagree) and personal relationships (26%/27%).
Since this question was asked last year, there has been a drop in agreement that advances have been positive across all items.