scholarly journals Open and transparent research practices and public perceptions of the trustworthiness of agricultural biotechnology organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. A04 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asheley R. Landrum ◽  
Joseph Hilgard ◽  
Robert B. Lull ◽  
Heather Akin ◽  
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Agricultural Biotechnology ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gm Technology

Public trust in agricultural biotechnology organizations that produce so-called ‘genetically-modified organisms’ (GMOs) is affected by misinformed attacks on GM technology and worry that producers' concern for profits overrides concern for the public good. In an experiment, we found that reporting that the industry engages in open and transparent research practices increased the perceived trustworthiness of university and corporate organizations involved with GMOs. Universities were considered more trustworthy than corporations overall, supporting prior findings in other technology domains. The results suggest that commitment to, and communication of, open and transparent research practices should be part of the process of implementing agricultural biotechnologies.

scholarly journals Open and transparent research practices and public perceptions of the trustworthiness of agricultural biotechnology organizations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asheley R. Landrum ◽  
Joseph Hilgard ◽  
Robert Lull ◽  
Heather Akin
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Agricultural Biotechnology ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gm Technology

Public trust in agricultural biotechnology organizations that produce so-called ‘genetically-modified organisms’ (GMOs) is affected by misinformed attacks on GM technology and worry that producers' concern for profits overrides concern for the public good. In an experiment, we found that reporting that the industry engages in open and transparent research practices increased the perceived trustworthiness of university and corporate organizations involved with GMOs. Universities were considered more trustworthy than corporations overall, supporting prior findings in other technology domains. The results suggest that commitment to, and communication of, open and transparent research practices should be part of the process of implementing agricultural biotechnologies.

Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 797-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brianne Suldovsky ◽  
Asheley Landrum ◽  
Natalie Jomini Stroud
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Us ◽  
Science Media

In an era where expertise is increasingly critiqued, this study draws from the research on expertise and scientist stereotyping to explore who the public considers to be a scientist in the context of media coverage about climate change and genetically modified organisms. Using survey data from the United States, we find that political ideology and science knowledge affect who the US public believes is a scientist in these domains. Our results suggest important differences in the role of science media attention and science media selection in the publics “scientist” labeling. In addition, we replicate previous work and find that compared to other people who work in science, those with PhDs in Biology and Chemistry are most commonly seen as scientists.

scholarly journals On Appeals to Nature and their Use in the Public Controversy over Genetically Modified Organisms

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-437
Author(s):  
Andrei Moldovan
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Argumentation Theory ◽  
Linguistic Meaning ◽  
Semantic Externalism ◽  
Public Controversy ◽  
The Public

In this paper I discuss appeals to nature, a particular kind of argument that has received little attention in argumentation theory. After a quick review of the existing literature, I focus on the use of such arguments in the public controversy over the acceptabil-ity of genetically-modified organisms in the food industry. Those who reject this biotechnology invoke its unnatural character. Such arguments have re-ceived attention in bioethics, where they have been analyzed by distinguishing different meanings that “nature” and “natural” might have. I argue that in many such appeals to nature the main deficiency of these arguments is semantic, in particular, that these words cannot be assigned a determi-nate meaning at all. In doing so, I rely on semantic externalism, a widely accepted theory of linguistic meaning.

scholarly journals MAINSTREAMING PUBLIC TRUST FOR AGROBIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachmat Hidayat ◽  
Tree Setiawan Pamungkas ◽  
Lukman Wijaya Baratha ◽  
Ahmad Munif Mubarok
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Regulatory Policy ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Gm Crops ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Governance

This article aims to identify the public trust on the application of Agriculture biotechnology-based products in Indonesia, specifically in the eastern part of East Java Province, which is knowns as Horseshoe region−ex Besuki district. Further, this article will focuses on farmers impediment and their discontent facing the challenges of GM Crops companies for mainstreaming their products in their locality. This article will also expand the discussion on the urgency for local government governance for a sustainable regulatory policy which forbids the rudimentary practice of bad corporate governance Genetically modified (GM) crops in the locality Keyword: Public Trust, Agrobiotechnology Farmers, Policy

scholarly journals Misinformation and disinformation in science: Examining the social diffusion of rumours about GMOs

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-340
Author(s):  
Sujia Jiang ◽  
Wei Fang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Genetic Modification ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Considerable Controversy ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Diffusion

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have caused considerable controversy in China in recent years. Uncertainty about the technology, ineffective channels for releasing official information and a lack of sufficient public trust in the government and scientists have led to rampant rumours about genetic modification technology, making it hard for the public to acquire scientific knowledge about it and a rational attitude towards it. In this paper, by using as an example the rumour that genetically modified (GM) soybeans cause cancer, we discuss the content and diffusion of rumours related to genetic modification technology in the new media environment. Based on an analysis of content on the social media platform Weibo one week after the rumour began, we discovered that the ensuing cyber discussions reflected reality, that netizens expressed anxiety and panic while stressing social injustice and reflecting conflict between social classes, and that they exhibited little trust in scientists and the government. On the mechanism of diffusion of rumours on Weibo, we observed that ‘evidence’ that directly or indirectly purported to show that GM soybeans cause cancer was added to the rumours and that the rumours were ‘assimilated’ into people's perception through the stigmatization of GMOs and through conspiracy theories.

scholarly journals Research into Genetically Modified Organisms in New Zealand: An Examination of a Sociotechnical Controversy

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sarah Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Genetic Modification ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Public Controversy ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Risk

New Zealand is known around the world as a country that is clean, green and “100% Pure.” The existence of genetically modified organisms in New Zealand is generally viewed as inconsistent with this identity, and there is therefore considerable public controversy surrounding research that utilises genetic modification techniques. In this paper, I examine the variety of interacting factors that are serving to shape this controversy, the influence it is having on research practices, and the implications for future risk management policy.

scholarly journals Communicating the risks of genetically modified organisms: lessons learnt from an Irish field of cisgenic potatoes

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (15) ◽  
pp. 3699-3703
Author(s):  
Ewen Mullins
Keyword(s):  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Gm Crop ◽  
The Public ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Crop Research

Providing relatable context is key to communicating to the public the justification and outputs of GM crop research in a non-scientific manner so as to maximize societal comprehension.

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