dc.contributor.author | Lang, John T. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | O'Neill, Karen M., 1959- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Hallman, William K. | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Experts typically presume to speak with authority about complex concerns, such as agricultural biotechnology. Research indicates, however, that the effectiveness of risk communication depends on perceptions about the trustworthiness of the institutions and experts providing information. This exploratory study investigates how experts from a range of food-associated professions and institutions perceive their own roles in communicating about biotechnology. Most of the respondents rated scientists and other experts as most likely to tell the truth about biotechnology, but many felt that members of the public were most influenced by the mass media and by critics of biotechnology. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references | eng |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by a grant provided to the Rutgers Food Policy Institute by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), under the Initiative for the Future of Agricultural Food Systems (IFAFS) grant #2002-52100-11203, Evaluating Consumer Acceptance of Food Biotechnology in the United States, Dr. William K. Hallman, Principal Investigator. | eng |
dc.identifier.citation | AgBioForum, 6(4) 2003: 185-190. | eng |
dc.identifier.issn | 1522-936X | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/205 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | AgBioForum | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | AgBioForum, vol. 6, no. 4 (2003) | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject | risk communication | eng |
dc.subject | trust | eng |
dc.subject | expert opinion | eng |
dc.subject | food biotechnology | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Agricultural biotechnology -- Public opinion | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mass media | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Communication in science | eng |
dc.title | Expertise, Trust, and Communication about Food Biotechnology | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |