Technology legitimation in the public discourse: applying the pillars of legitimacy on GM food

Jansma, Sikke R.; Gosselt, Jordy F.; Kuipers, Kimberly; Jong, Menno D.T. de

doi:10.1080/09537325.2019.1648788

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“…This sees legitimacy as being in flux, in a constant process of legitimation and de-legitimation (Binz et al 2016;Geels and Verhees 2011;Suddaby et al 2017). Legitimacy is not a static property but is rather formed as an element of an active and continuous process, where actors can take from a number of strategies in order to increase or reduce the legitimacy of certain technologies (Geels and Verhees 2011;Jansma et al 2020;Suchman 1995).…”

Section: Technology Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Scott 2021). These approaches might also offer a way to disrupt (Marberg et al 2017) or GMO crops (Jansma et al 2020). Change the public perception of GMO crops (normative & cognitive legitimacy) (Jansma et al 2020) the socio-technical regime by disrupting current institutional structures and by contesting the ideas that help maintain these institutions (Frank and Schanz 2022;Geels and Verhees 2011).…”

Section: Knowledge Claims For Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Constructing legitimacy for technologies developed in response to environmental regulation: the case of ammonia emission-reducing technology for the Flemish intensive livestock industry

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This study is focused on unsustainable agri-food systems, especially intensive livestock farming and its resulting environmental harms. Specifically we focus on the development of technologies that seek to mitigate these environmental harms. These technologies are generally developed as incremental innovations in response to government regulation. Critics of these technological solutions allege that these developments legitimate unsustainable food production systems and are incapable of supporting agri-food systems transformation. At the same time, technology developers and other actors seek to present these technologies as the legitimate solution to agri-environmental harms. Our study seeks to explore the perceptions and constructions of legitimacy for technologies that are developed to reduce ammonia emissions in intensive livestock farming in Flanders (Belgium). We use a qualitative case study, employing semi-structured interviews and workshops, with technology developers of ammonia-emission reducing technologies and stakeholders in the intensive livestock farming industry in Flanders. What our study shows is that technologies developed to reduce emissions are dependent on regulative legitimacy. The normative and cognitive legitimacy of these technologies is lacking, both due to ties to the intensive livestock industry and due to uncertainty over the performance of these technologies. With the delegitimation of intensive livestock farming, the legitimacy of these technologies is also under threat. In response, technology developers are looking to (re-)construct this legitimacy through knowledge claims over the performance of their technologies. We show several ways for other actors to deal with this, centred on either re-legitimising technologies to maintain the status quo, or to contest these knowledge claims and use them to disrupt path dependencies.

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Section: Technology Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Constructing legitimacy for technologies developed in response to environmental regulation: the case of ammonia emission-reducing technology for the Flemish intensive livestock industry

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“…Once legitimated, they can drive diffusion of information. Awareness or knowledge about the technological innovation is typically achieved through information exchange in heterophile groups [6].…”

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Diffusion and Adoption of Technology amongst Small and Medium enterprises during COVID-19 with a focus on Internet of Things.

Pandey¹

2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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The paper is a conceptual study of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) technology adoption and diffusion with a focus on impact on IoT adoption during COVID-19. The paper proposes that the pandemic has acted as a legitimizing force for technology adoption and diffusion amongst SMEs. SME's have adopted response strategies to cope with the pandemic that have an impact on their propensity to adopt new technology. This has resulted in increased uncertainty, which can be reduced through the strategies identified in this paper. Through literature review on SME IoT adoption during the pandemic, a gap is identified in current studies. This gap is addressed through the inclusion of case-studies and use-cases. The paper can be used as a reference by SMEs for strategy making to reduce information uncertainty, policy makers to support SMEs as well as academicians for further research.

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“…Consumer values related to gene marking technology are of paramount interest and importance for science and industry stakeholders, given the changing standards of the modern consumer. Past research has shown that public acceptance of GM in food production is relatively low overall (Frewer et al, 2004;Jansma et al, 2019). However, it is not known how the public would perceive the use of GM in a food production process that results in a non-GM food product.…”

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Ethical Eggs: Can Synthetic Biology Disrupt the Global Egg Production Industry?

Mankad

Hobman

Carter

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Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Commercial egg production relies on the industry-accepted practice of culling day-old male chicks, which are a live by-product of the egg production industry. Researchers are exploring the use of a transgenic marker gene to allow early identification of male embryos in ovo at the point of lay, rather than upon hatching. Here we examine social acceptability of this biotechnology-enabled solution to sex selection, which addresses the key ethical issue of culling and improved sustainability of food systems. A national online survey (N = 1148) measured psychological factors influencing public support for the development of the technology and willingness to purchase eggs derived from the novel process. Most participants expressed at least a moderate intention to support the development of gene marking technology, with 1 in 5 people expressing strong support. Participants expressed moderate to high agreement that gene marking of chickens would: (a) help reduce or eliminate the practice of culling male chicks in the egg-laying industry (response efficacy), and; (b) that this new synbio approach to sex selection may be better than current methods of identifying and removing male chicks during egg production (relative advantage). Of those participants who consumed eggs, almost 60% reported they would be moderately to strongly willing to purchase eggs derived from the gene marking process. A partially-mediated path model comprising both intention to support and willingness to buy eggs (R2 = 0.78) showed that key factors involved in decision-making, in addition to response efficacy and relative advantage, were evaluative attitudes toward the technology (e.g., was the technology bad/good, risky/safe, unethical/ethical) and emotional reactions. These results suggest that consumers may be primarily basing their decisions and behavioral choices on how valuable they perceive the novel gene marking solution, reflecting on how it compares favorably to current culling practices, yielding a range of benefits such as higher animal welfare, improved sustainability, and reduced waste.

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Technology legitimation in the public discourse: applying the pillars of legitimacy on GM food

Cited by 17 publications

References 34 publications

Constructing legitimacy for technologies developed in response to environmental regulation: the case of ammonia emission-reducing technology for the Flemish intensive livestock industry

Constructing legitimacy for technologies developed in response to environmental regulation: the case of ammonia emission-reducing technology for the Flemish intensive livestock industry

Diffusion and Adoption of Technology amongst Small and Medium enterprises during COVID-19 with a focus on Internet of Things.

Ethical Eggs: Can Synthetic Biology Disrupt the Global Egg Production Industry?

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