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dc.contributor.authorLang, John T.eng
dc.contributor.authorO'Neill, Karen M., 1959-eng
dc.contributor.authorHallman, William K.eng
dc.date.issued2003eng
dc.description.abstractExperts 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.bibrefIncludes bibliographical referenceseng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis 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.citationAgBioForum, 6(4) 2003: 185-190.eng
dc.identifier.issn1522-936Xeng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/205
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherAgBioForumeng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionAgBioForum, vol. 6, no. 4 (2003)eng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subjectrisk communicationeng
dc.subjecttrusteng
dc.subjectexpert opinioneng
dc.subjectfood biotechnologyeng
dc.subject.lcshAgricultural biotechnology -- Public opinioneng
dc.subject.lcshMass mediaeng
dc.subject.lcshCommunication in scienceeng
dc.titleExpertise, Trust, and Communication about Food Biotechnologyeng
dc.typeArticleeng


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