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Acceptability of Genetically Manipulated Potato Resistant to Blight 2006: Focus Group Discussion
The study charted the acceptability of a genetically modified type of potato, which is resistant to blight, for use in Finnish agriculture and the Finnish food market. The basis for the study were two panel discussions, where the conversation topics included the panelists' personal relationship with potato as a food item, estimations on the necessity of preventing blight,...
UEA-MORI Genetically-modified (GM) Food Survey, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The UK government-sponsored public debate on the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops that took place place during 2002-2003 was a unique experiment in the governance of technological innovation and risk. The Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC), itself a novel...
Attitudes to Genetically Modified Foods, 2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection. The study was designed to build on the findings of previous Food Standards Agency (FSA) work and specifically aimed to:explore why people hold particular views to GM food better understand how people's attitudes to genetically modified (GM) food are formedexplore...
Public Attitudes to Genomics: Vignette Studies, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These vignette studies form part of a wider project to provide a basic understanding of current attitudes among the public towards a range of new genetic technologies. Public attitudes and behaviour toward developments in this area of science are likely to be conditional, at least in part, upon...
Presentation of Genetically Modified (GM) Crop Research to Non-specialists, 1997-2002 : A Case Study
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The study investigated the presentation of genetic modification (GM) crop research at the University of Reading to non-specialists within the university, and to users, potential students, and the general public outside. The aim was to uncover how linguistic and rhetorical choices vary with the purpose of...
Public Understanding of Genomics and the Dynamics of Opinion Change: a Panel Study, 2003-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.At a time when gene technologies are gaining increasing prominence, this research enabled a better understanding of how the dynamics of public attitudes towards genomics are underpinned by factual knowledge. It examined the extent to which a more knowledgeable public adopts attitudes that are more...
Public Attitudes to the Environment in Scotland, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Survey of Public Attitudes to the Environment in Scotland, 2002 was commissioned to provide nationally-representative information about the views of the Scottish public towards a wide range of environmental topics, with particular policy relevance in Scotland. It aimed to provide data on the...