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dc.contributor.authorNunez, Gerardo H.eng
dc.contributor.authorKovaleski, Alisson P.eng
dc.contributor.authorCasamali, Brunoeng
dc.contributor.authorDarnell, Rebecca L.eng
dc.date.issued2016eng
dc.description.abstractObservational studies have shown that educational attainment is related to heightened consumer perception of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically modified food (GMF). However, there is little information uncoupling the cognitive and social effects of educational attainment on the perception of GMOs and GMF. A survey experiment was designed to measure the effect of science and genetics literacy on consumer perception and acceptance of GMOs and GMF. A sample population of college students answered a questionnaire either before or after a 50-minute lecture about science and genetics concepts relevant to GMO development and cultivation. This lecture was assumed to increase science and genetics literacy in this population. Comparison of pre-lecture and post-lecture responses revealed that science and genetics literacy had--at least--a short-term effect on student perception of GMOs, which led to increased desirability of GMF, including food containing transgenic and first-generation GMOs.eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/51956
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resourceseng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionAgBioForum, vol. 19, no. 1 (2016)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources. Division of Applied Social Sciences. Department of Agricultural Economics. Economics and Management of Agrobiotechnology Center. AgBioForum.eng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subjectcisgeniceng
dc.subjectconsumereng
dc.subjectdesirabilityeng
dc.subjectgenetically modifiedeng
dc.subjectstudent perceptioneng
dc.subjecttransgeniceng
dc.titleCan science and geneticsliteracy affect student perception of genetically modified organisms?eng
dc.typeArticleeng


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