Dobbins, Melissa Joy (author), Gates, Gail (author), Holdt, Candace (author), Hughes, Karla (author), Slusher, Barbara (author), Spain, James (author), and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Consumer and Family Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07373
Bruhn, Christine M. (author), Cotter, Anne (author), Diaz-Knauf, Katherine V. (author), Sutherlin, Jeanette (author), West, Estella (author), Wightman, Norman (author), Williamson, Eunice (author), Yaffee, Michelle (author), and Bruhn: Cooperative Extension Consumer Food Marketing Specialist, Center for Consumer Research, University of California, Davis, CA; Cotter: Home Economist, Orange County Cooperative Extension, Anaheim, CA; Diaz-Knauf and Yaffee: Department of Consumer Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA; Sutherlin: Home Economist, Fresno County Cooperative Extension, Fresno, CA; West: Home Economist, Santa Clara County Cooperative Extension, San Jose, CA; Wightman: Home Economist, San Luis Obispo County Cooperative Extension, San Luis Obispo, CA; Williamson: Home Economist, Riverside County Cooperative Extension, Moreno Valley, CA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06627
Dickrell, Peter A. (author), McCracken, Vicki A. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07196
Notes:
food irradiation; food safety, James F. Evans Collection, Pullman, WA : College of Agriculture and Home Economics Research Center, Washington State University, 1989. (Research Bulletin No. XB1014) 14 p., The history of food irradiation is explained. The description of and results from a focus group study of consumer attitudes about food irradiation are presented.
search through journal, In this paper, dimensions of the debate surrounding the application of gene technology to food production are discussed and a study assessing perceptions of the technology among a sample of the UK public (n=1499) is reported. The general picture that emerges from the study is one of people expressing low familiarity with the technology, with more people associating it with high risks than with low risks, and more people expecting it to provide low benefits than high benefits. Attitudes towards different applications vary significantly, as does trust in different potential sources of information about the technology. It is also shown that attitudes can be predicted not only by estimates of risks and benefits but also by perceptions of the involvement of ethical issues, but the perceived need for the technology, and by the perceived likelihood of improvements it is likely to bring to the quality of life in the UK. The results are discussed in the context of the need for greater public information about the technology and the realization that communication of risks takes place within a complex network of societal relationships. (original)
