“Gene-fouled or gene-improved?” Media framing of GM crops and food in Hungary

Vicsek, Lilla

doi:10.1080/14636778.2012.705513

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“…It exceeds the limits of the current paper to reproduce here a detailed description of the results of my previous in-depth qualitative analysis of the press frames on GM crops (full information on the analysis and the methodology is found in (Vicsek, 2012)): here in Table 2 only a summary of the results is presented. …”

Section: Mass Media Framing Of Gm Cropsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The analytical criteria for the qualitative analysis of the frames were built on the ideas of Entman (1993) and Kitzinger (2007). Details of the methodology can be found in Vicsek (2012).…”

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“…However, based on interviews with experts and on study of some of the television content, it can be hypothesized that the coverage of other media outlets in Hungary was of similarly low salience and dominantly negative and that the arguments of the GM debate appeared in a similar form (Vicsek, 2012).…”

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GM Crops in Hungary: Comparing Mass Media Framing and Public Understanding of Technoscientific Controversy

Vicsek

2014

Science as Culture

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“…The analytical criteria for the qualitative analysis of the frames were built on the ideas of Entman (1993) and Kitzinger (2007). Details of the methodology can be found in Vicsek (2012).…”

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GM Crops in Hungary: Comparing Mass Media Framing and Public Understanding of Technoscientific Controversy

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2014

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“…Studies have compared media coverage across two or more countries (e.g., Bauer 2005b, Botelho & Kurtz 2008, Lewison 2007, Listerman 2010, Marks et al 2003, Vilella-Vila & Costa-Font 2008; across different biotechnology applications, including medical as well as crop and livestock improvements (e.g., Hibino & Nagata 2006, Marks et al 2007, Marques et al 2015, Müller et al 2010; across different types of news media, including elite press, tabloids, and television (e.g., Carver et al 2013, Maeseele & Schuurman 2008, Vicsek 2013; and over time. These comparative analyses have demonstrated systematic differences in the amount of coverage and tone across geographies, in types of media, and in biotechnology applications and systematic differences over time and have teased out some of the underlying causes of such differences.…”

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Media Coverage, Public Perceptions, and Consumer Behavior: Insights from New Food Technologies

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Swinnen

2016

Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ.

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The media often play the role of translating new science to consumers. We discuss the recent literature that has examined the supply and demand factors that affect media coverage of new food technologies and the impact on public perceptions and consumer behavior toward food that utilizes these technologies. We start with a discussion of the ways in which the media influence public perceptions and consumer behavior related to foods made with new technologies. We then discuss the incentives of news media and the potential sources of biases in their reporting. We review empirical studies that have examined media reporting of new agricultural and food technologies, especially biotechnology, in terms of both their agenda setting and framing effects and the social amplification of risk. We synthesize the findings of studies that have examined the influence of media coverage on public attitudes and consumer behavior. We conclude and discuss avenues for future research. 19.1

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“…Coverage in the US was generally more positive than in the UK (41), and in China was universally positive or neutral (45). Whilst Botelho and Kurtz (40) argued that coverage within countries was fairly similar, Vicsek (46) noted that Hungarian coverage was particularly polarized. Interestingly, several researchers have commented on how genetic technology was generally framed much more negatively in relation to food than it was in relation to medicine within the same media outlets (38, 47, 48).…”

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The Impact of Framing on Acceptance of Cultured Meat

2019

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Cultured meat can be produced from growing animal cells in-vitro rather than as part of a living animal. This technology has the potential to address several of the major ethical, environmental, and public health concerns associated with conventional meat production. However, research has highlighted some consumer uncertainty regarding the concept. Although several studies have examined the media coverage of this new food technology, research linking different frames to differences in consumer attitudes is lacking. In an experimental study, we expose U.S. adults ( n = 480) to one of three different frames on cultured meat: “societal benefits,” “high tech,” and “same meat.” We demonstrate that those who encounter cultured meat through the “high tech” frame have significantly more negative attitudes toward the concept, and are significantly less likely to consume it. Worryingly, this has been a very dominant frame in early media coverage of cultured meat. Whilst this is arguably inevitable, since its technologically advanced nature is what makes it newsworthy, we argue that this high tech framing may be causing consumers to develop more negative attitudes toward cultured meat than they otherwise might. Implications for producers and researchers are discussed.

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“Gene-fouled or gene-improved?” Media framing of GM crops and food in Hungary

Abstract: Despite a range of similarities with what had been reported by previous research from some other countries, argumentation on the GMO topic in the Hungarian press had several distinct characteristics, one of which was the relative prominence of economic arguments against the technology.

Cited by 9 publications

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GM Crops in Hungary: Comparing Mass Media Framing and Public Understanding of Technoscientific Controversy

GM Crops in Hungary: Comparing Mass Media Framing and Public Understanding of Technoscientific Controversy

Media Coverage, Public Perceptions, and Consumer Behavior: Insights from New Food Technologies

The Impact of Framing on Acceptance of Cultured Meat

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