Social representations of genetically modified foods and public willingness to consume such foods in Taiwan

Abstract

Innovations in the food industry exhibit a high market failure rate partially because of the phenomenon known as food technology neophobia, which refers to rejection of new or unfamiliar foods. The findings of this empirical study can facilitate the development of a clearer understanding of people's acceptance and usage of emerging technologies applied in the innovation of food products in Taiwan. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.

PhD existence 11: Česko-slovenská psychologická konference (nejen) pro doktorandy a o doktorandech. Sborník odborných příspěvků

“…Dôsledkom objektivizácie dostávajú sociálne reprezentácie svoju špecifickú formu, kedy sa abstraktné vnímanie podnetu mení na konkrétnu ikonu v mysli človeka (Moscovici, 2000;Wagner et al, 1999). Z výsledkov viacerých štúdií (Brunel et al, 2017;Chen, 2018;Ribeiro et al, 2016) vyplýva, že pozitívne sociálne reprezentácie geneticky modifikovaných potravín môžu dopomôcť k vytváraniu efektívnejších komunikačných stratégií, využiteľných pri uvádzaní ďalších inovatívnych potravinových technológií na trh.…”

Technological Innovation in the Food Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis

“…It is also necessary to address studies that reduce the gaps between scientific innovation, the application of nanotechnology, public policies, consumer demand, and industry development (Zhou & Hu, 2018). Since innovations in the food industry exhibit high market failure rates due to the phenomenon known as food technology neophobia, which refers to the rejection of novel or unknown foods (Chen, 2018), more studies are needed to improve scientific evidence on communication processes and their effects.…”

Risk perception related to food

“…The debate permeates sociocultural and affective contexts, and the acceptance of this technology is affected even by beliefs in food sacredness (Mallinson et al, 2018). According to Chen (2018), the rejection of food from new technologies (technological neophobia) shapes people's risk perception regarding GMDs.…”