Perceived risk and tampering with nature

The antecedent role of personal environmental values in the relationships among trust in companies, information processing and risk perception

“…These studies found a negative effect when the referent of trust was responsible for managing the hazard. More specifically, in the field of industrial risks, the literature has shown that a person's trust in the companies responsible for managing the hazard has the effect of reducing his/her risk perception (Bronfman et al 2008;Jungermann, Pfister, and Fischer 1996;Sjöberg 2000;ter Huurne and Gutteling 2008;Trumbo and McComas 2003). Based on the results of these papers, our study proposes the following hypothesis:…”

Vulnerability, values and heterogeneity: one step further to understand risk perception and behaviour

“…Like risk perception studies in general, these studies seldom explain the differences in risk perception between groups (cf. Sjöberg, 2000a). With a few exceptions (e.g.…”

“…Taylor-Gooby and Zinn, 2006). Studies of risk perception and self-professed risk behaviour i have repeatedly shown that personal risks are generally perceived to be less dangerous than risks to society or the general public (Frewer, et al, 1994;Sjöberg, 2000a); that the layman's evaluation of risk differs from the expert's (e.g. Bier, 1999;Slovic, et al, 1991); and that risk perception differs between people of different ages, education, place of residence, and political orientation (Dekker, et al, 1997;Dietz, et al, 1998;Dunlap and Jones, 2002;Rhodes & Pirik, 2011).…”

Environmental Considerations of and Societal Reactions to Nanotechnology in the Food Sector

“…Genetic modifi cation that involves the insertion of genes from another species produced a large drop in perceived naturalness [73] . The idea of tampering with nature [74] seems to be an important reason why some people are hesitant to accept GM technology. Since for most people nanotechnology foods will not be perceived as tampering with nature, few people will be opposed to nanotechnology on moral grounds [72] .…”