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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Adams, Paul C. (author) and Gynnild, Astrid (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2013-03
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07356
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
7(1) : 113-130
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Tong, Jingrong (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2014-09
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07135
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
8(3) : 345-367
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Landrum, Asheley R. (author), Hallman, William K. (author), and Jamieson, Kathleen Hall (author)
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2019
Published:
Taylor & Francis
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10695
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
13(1): 51-70
Notes:
21 pages., via online journal., Scholars are divided over whether communicating to the public the existence
of scientific consensus on an issue influences public acceptance of the
conclusions represented by that consensus. Here, we examine the
influence of four messages on perception and acceptance of the scientific
consensus on the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs): two
messages supporting the idea that there is a consensus that GMOs are safe
for human consumption and two questioning that such a consensus exists.
We found that although participants concluded that the pro-consensus
messages made stronger arguments and were likely to be more
representative of the scientific community’s attitudes, those messages did
not abate participants’ concern about GMOs. In fact, people’s premanipulation attitudes toward GMOs were the strongest predictor of of our outcome variables (i.e. perceived argument strength, post-message GMO
concern, perception of what percent of scientists agree). Thus, the results
of this study do not support the hypothesis that consensus messaging
changes the public’s hearts and minds, and provide more support, instead,
for the strong role of motivated reasoning.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Sowards, Stacey K. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2012-04-18
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08587
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
6 (3): 175-192
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Sun, Ye (author), DeLuca, Kevin Michael (author), and Seegert, Natasha (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2015-12-01
Published:
USA: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08336
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
332-352
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Opel, Andy (author), Johnston, Josée (author), and Wilk, Richard (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2010-09
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07215
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
4(3) : 251-254
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Katz-Kimchi, Merav (author) and Goodwin, Bernhard (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2015-06-17
Published:
International: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08438
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
9 (3): 367-369
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Bigl, Benjamin (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016-11-03
Published:
Germany: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08358
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
11 (2): 231-247
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Wozniak, Antal (author), Lück, Julia (author), and Wessler, Hartmut (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2014-12-06
Published:
International: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: D08435
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
9 (4): 469-490
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2014-01
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07189
Journal Title:
Environmental Communication
Journal Title Details:
8(1) : 58-74