The public, the media and agricultural biotechnology /

This book examines public perception, public deliberation and media presentation of agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified foods. Part I (chapters 1-7) is a review of some of the studies of public opinion about agricultural biotechnology, especially genetically modified organisms. Part...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brossard, Dominique, Shanahan, James, 1960-, Nesbitt, T. Clint
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2007.
Colección:CAB books.
Temas:
Biotechnology > Public opinion.
Genetic engineering > Public opinion.
Genetically modified foods > Public opinion.
Mass media.
Communication.
Biotechnologie > Opinion publique.
Aliments transgéniques > Opinion publique.
Médias.
Information.
mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Biotechnology > Public opinion
Communication
Genetic engineering > Public opinion
Mass media
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Perspectives on communication about agricultural biotechnology / D. Brossard and J. Shanahan
  • Public perceptions of agricultural biotechnology in the UK : the case of GM foods / W. Poortinga and N. Pidgeon
  • German reactions to genetic engineering in food production / H.P. Peters and M. Sawicka
  • Mass media and public perceptions of red and green biotechnology : a case from Switzerland / H. Bonfadelli, U. Dahinden and M. Leonarz
  • Genetically modified foods : U.S. public opinion research polls / W. Fink and M. Rodemeyer
  • Biotechnology and consumer information / J. Kolodinsky
  • What do Brazilians think about transgenics? / L. Massarani and I. de Castro Moreira
  • Where do science debates come from? : understanding attention cycles and framing / M.C. Nishet and M. Huge
  • Opinion climates, spirals of silence, and biotechnology : public opinion as a heuristic for scientific decision-making / D.A. Scheufele
  • The hostile media effect and opinions about biotechnology / A.C. Gunther and J.L. Liebhart
  • Risk communication, risk beliefs, and democracy : the case of agricultural biotechnology / S. Dunwoody and R.J. Griffin
  • The GEO-PIE project : case study of Web-based outreach at Cornell University, USA / T.C. Nesbitt
  • Governing controversial technologies : consensus conferences as a communication tool / J. Medlock, R. Downey, and E. Einsiedel
  • The Bt maize experience in the Philippines : a multi-stakeholder convergence / M.J. Navarro [and others]
  • Food aid crisis and communication about GM foods : experience from Southern Africa / L.E. Mumba
  • Approval process and adoption of Bollgard cotton in India : a private company perspective / R. Barwale [and others].

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