The Public, the media and agricultural biotechnology
By: edited by Dominique Brossard, James Shanahan, T. Clint Nesbitt.
Contributors: Brossard, Dominique.; Shanahan, James.; Nesbitt, T. Clint.
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845932039
Subjects: Biotechnology -- Public opinion.; Genetic engineering -- Public opinion.; Genetically modified foods -- Public opinion.; Mass media.; Communication.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Perspectives on communication about agricultural biotechnology / D. Brossard and J. Shanahan; title: Public perceptions of agricultural biotechnology in Britain : the case of genetically modified foods / W. Poortinga and N. Pidgeon; title: German reactions to genetic engineering in food production / H.P. Peters and M. Sawicka; title: Mass media and public perceptions of red and green biotechnology : a case study from Switzerland / H. Bonfadelli, U. Dahinden and M. Leonarz; title: Genetically modified foods : U.S. public opinion research polls / W. Fink and M. Rodemeyer; title: Biotechnology and consumer information / J. Kolodinsky; title: What do Brazilians think about transgenics? / L. Massarani and Ildeu de Castro Moreira; title: Where do science debates come from? Understanding attention cycles and framing / M. Nisbet and M. Huge; title: Opinion climates, spirals of silence, and biotechnology : public opinion as a heuristic for scientific decision-making / D. Scheufele; title: The hostile media effect and opinions about biotechnology / A. Gunther and J. Liebhart; title: Risk communication, risk beliefs, and democracy : the case of agricultural biotechnology / S. Dunwoody and R.J. Griffin; title: The geo-pie project : case study of web-based outreach at Cornell University, USA / T. C. Nesbitt; title: Governing controversial technologies : consensus conferences as a communication tool / J. Medlock, R. Downey, and E. Einsiedel; title: The BT corn experience in the Philippines: a multi-stakeholder convergence / M. Escaler... [et al.]; title: Food aid crisis and communication about Gm foods : experience from Southern Africa / L. Mumba; title: Approval process and adoption of bollgard cotton in india : a private company perspective / R. Barwale ...[et al.].