Understanding public fears on new food technologies: Testing joint effects of cross-situational value predispositions and situational perceptions on risk perception about the GMO food issue
This paper explores dynamics of variables that better account for the concept of risk perception. This study examines the relationships between technology optimism, religiosity, political ideology, situational perceptual frames, and risk perception about new food technologies such as the issue of en...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2005
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| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4365 |
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| Institution: | Singapore Management University |
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| Summary: | This paper explores dynamics of variables that better account for the concept of risk perception. This study examines the relationships between technology optimism, religiosity, political ideology, situational perceptual frames, and risk perception about new food technologies such as the issue of enetically-modified organism (GMO) food. In addition, it compares the differences displayed by public types and gender in risk perception and in technology optimism. |
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