Influence of scientific–technical literacy on consumers’ behavioural intentions regarding new food

Rodríguez-Entrena, Macario; Salazar-Ordóñez, Melania

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2012.09.028

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“…This contradicts the reports by Kimenju & De Groote (2008). It also contradicts the results of Rodríguez-Entrena & Salazar-Drdóñez (2013), who reported a positive attitude to GM food in natural science students. In this study no differences were detected associated with the respondent's satisfaction with food-related life.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…Dther papers conclude that the type of the consumer's higher education plays a moderating role in GM food acceptance (Rodríguez-Entrena & Salazar-Drdóñez, 2013). In terms of food from cloned animals, recent studies have reported that older people (Butler et al, 2008) and those with high school education (Brooks & Lusk, 2011) are less supportive of cloning than younger people and those with a bachelor's degree or higher level of education.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Consumer response to the commercial use of GM food varies in different countries (Rodríguez-Entrena & Salazar-Drdóñez, 2013). It has been reported that developing countries tend to have positive attitudes towards novel food technologies, in particular towards GM (Rollin et al, 2011), and among the developing countries there is evidence of consumer groups that have a positive attitude towards GM foods, like in China (De Steur et al, 2010), Kenya (Kimenju & De Groote, 2008) or Brazil (Costa et al, 2000), but in other developing nations the perceptions are generally more negative than positive, like in Argentina (Mucci et al, 2004) and Chile (Schnettler et al, 2010(Schnettler et al, , 2012.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Acceptance of a food of animal origin obtained through genetic modification and cloning in South America: a comparative study among university students and working adults

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With the aim of comparing the acceptance of milk obtained from cloned, genetically modified (GM) and conventionally bred cows among working adults and university students, and identifying and characterizing typologies among both subsamples in terms of their preferences, a survey was applied to 400 people in southern Chile, distributed using a simple allocation among the subsamples. Using a conjoint analysis, it was found that consumers preferred milk from a conventional cow. Using a cluster analysis, in both subsamples two segments sensitive to production technology were identified. Rejection of cloning was greatest among university students, whereas a higher proportion of working adults rejected GM. The segments differed in terms of area of residence, knowledge about GM, and milk consumption habits. Contrary to what was expected, no differences were found according to education, gender or degree of satisfaction with food-related life.

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Acceptance of a food of animal origin obtained through genetic modification and cloning in South America: a comparative study among university students and working adults

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“…The consensus is that consumers have limited knowledge of GMFs, and in this case, social trust (such as trusting in institutions or knowledge) may play a key role in attitude toward GMFs [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Qiu et al (2007) [13] showed that consumer trust in public authorities has a significantly positive effect on consumer acceptance of GMFs in China.…”

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Influence of Source Credibility on Consumer Acceptance of Genetically Modified Foods in China

Zhang

Chen

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This paper examines the reasoning mechanism behind the consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods (GMFs) in China, and investigates influence of source credibility on consumer acceptance of GMFs. Based on the original Persuasion Model-which was developed by Carl Hovland, an American psychologist and pioneer in the study of communication and its effect on attitudes and beliefs-we conducted a survey using multistage sampling from 1167 urban residents, which were proportionally selected from six cities in three economic regions (south, central, and north) in the Jiangsu province through face to face interviews. Mixed-process regression that could correct endogeneity and ordered probit model were used to test the impact of source credibility on consumers' acceptance of GMFs. Our major finding was that consumer acceptance of GMFs is affected by such factors as information source credibility, general attitudes, gender, and education levels. The reliability of biotechnology research institutes, government offices devoted to management of GM organisms (GMOs), and GMO technological experts have expedited urban consumer acceptance of GM soybean oil. However, public acceptance can also decrease as faith in the environmental organization. We also found that ignorance of the endogeneity of above mentioned source significantly undervalued its effect on consumers' acceptance. Moreover, the remaining three sources (non-GMO experts, food companies, and anonymous information found on the Internet) had almost no effect on consumer acceptance. Surprisingly, the more educated people in our survey were more skeptical towards GMFs. Our results contribute to the behavioral literature on consumer attitudes toward GMFs by developing a reasoning mechanism determining consumer acceptance of GMFs. Particularly, this paper quantitatively studied the influence of different source credibility on consumer acceptance of GMFs by using mixed-process regression to correct endogeneity in information sources, while taking into consideration of information asymmetry and specific preference in the use of information sources.

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“…Hal ini menyebabkan penyelidik-penyelidik terdahulu mengubah suai teori TPB dengan melakukan penambahan beberapa komponen lain seperti kepercayaan (Chen & Li 2007;Costa-Font & Gil 2009;Prati et al 2012), sikap umum (Chen 2008;Costa-Font & Gil 2012), nilai personal (Saher, Lindeman & Koivisto-Hursti 2006), dan risiko dan manfaat tertampak (Christoph, Bruhn & Roosen 2008;Prati et al 2012;Rodríguez-entrena & Salazar-ordóñez 2013) bagi memastikan ia boleh menjelaskan gelagat pengguna dengan lebih menyeluruh.…”

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Struktur dan Konsistensi Sikap Makanan Terubah Suai Genetik Pengguna Muslim: Cadangan Kerangka Konseptual

Salahuddin

Ahmad²,

Kadir

2014

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Influence of scientific–technical literacy on consumers’ behavioural intentions regarding new food

Cited by 66 publications

References 55 publications

Acceptance of a food of animal origin obtained through genetic modification and cloning in South America: a comparative study among university students and working adults

Acceptance of a food of animal origin obtained through genetic modification and cloning in South America: a comparative study among university students and working adults

Influence of Source Credibility on Consumer Acceptance of Genetically Modified Foods in China

Struktur dan Konsistensi Sikap Makanan Terubah Suai Genetik Pengguna Muslim: Cadangan Kerangka Konseptual

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