Print Email Facebook Twitter Revisiting public debate on Genetic Modification and Genetically Modified Organisms. Explanations for contemporary Dutch public attitudes Title Revisiting public debate on Genetic Modification and Genetically Modified Organisms. Explanations for contemporary Dutch public attitudes Author Hanssen, Lucien (Deining Societal Communication) Dijkstra, Anne M. (University of Twente) Sleenhoff, S. (TU Delft Beheer Grootschalige (EU) Projecten) Frewer, Lynn J. (Newcastle University) Gutteling, Jan M. (University of Twente) Date 2018-10-01 Abstract Genetic Modification (GM) has been a topic of public debates during the 1990s and 2000s. In this paper we explore the relative importance of two hypothesized explanations for these controversies: (i) people's general attitude toward science and technology and (ii) their trust in governance, in GM actors, and in GM regulations, in explaining the Dutch public's Attitude toward GM applications, and in addition to that, the public's GM Information seeking behaviour. This will be conducted through the application of representative survey methodology. The results indicate that Attitudes toward GM applications are best predicted by both the attitude toward science and technology and three trust measures. GM information seeking is predicted by gender and educational level, as well as attitude toward science and technology, trust in organisations and trust in regulations (negative). Overall, psychological variables seem better predictors than demographics. Implications for future research on information seeking behaviour are discussed. Subject Public perception of science and technologyRisk communicationscience communicationtheory and models To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e6aac430-9d20-43ed-bae5-d60b43fa1000 DOI https://doi.org/10.22323/2.17040201 ISSN 1824-2049 Source Journal of Science Communication, 17 (4) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 Lucien Hanssen, Anne M. Dijkstra, S. Sleenhoff, Lynn J. Frewer, Jan M. Gutteling Files PDF JCOM_1704_2018_A01.pdf 349.26 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e6aac430-9d20-43ed-bae5-d60b43fa1000/datastream/OBJ/view