The public, the media and agricultural biotechnology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Brossard, Dominique (Editor), Nesbitt, T. Clint (Editor), Shanahan, Jim (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
Subjects:	Biotechnology > Public opinion. Communication. Genetic engineering > Public opinion. Genetically modified foods > Public opinion. Mass media. Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002) Communication and Mass Media. Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000) Attitudes. Biotechnology. Genetically engineered foods. Genetically engineered organisms. Public opinion. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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 agricultural 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, M. Escaler, M.I. Ponce de Leon and S.P. Tababa
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, M. Char, S. Deshpande, M.K. Sharma and U.B. Zehr.