The media, the public and agricultural biotechnology
By: edited by Dominique Brossard, James Shanahan, and T. Clint Nesbitt
Contributors: Brossard, Dominique; Shanahan, James; Nesbitt, T. Clint
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wallingford, UK; Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9781845932046; 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 the UK : the case of GM 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 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 I. de Castro Moreira; title: Where do science debates come from? : understanding attention cycles and framing / M. C. Nishet and M. Huge; title: Opinion climates, spirals of silence, and biotechnology : public opinion as a heuristic for scientific decision-making / D. A. Scheufele; title: The hostile media effect and opinions about biotechnology / A. C. Gunther and J. L. 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 maize experience in the Philippines : a multi-stakeholder convergence / M. J. Navarro... [et al.]; title: Food aid crisis and communication about GM foods : experience from Southern Africa / L. E.  Mumba; title: Approval process and adoption of Bollgard cotton in India : a private company perspective / R. Barwale ...[et al.]