Public attitudes to genomic science: an experiment in information provision

被引:30
作者
Sturgis, Patrick [1 ]
Brunton-Smith, Ian [2 ]
Fife-Schaw, Chris [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Sch Social Sci, Div Social Stat, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Univ Surrey, Dept Sociol, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England
[3] Univ Surrey, Dept Psychol, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England
[4] Univ Surrey, Fac Arts & Human Sci, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England
关键词
BIOTECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; CULTURES; OPINION; SUPPORT;
D O I
10.1177/0963662508093371
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
We use an experimental panel study design to investigate the effect of providing "value-neutral" information about genomic science in the form of a short film to a random sample of the British public. We find little evidence of attitude change as a function of information provision. However, our results show that information provision significantly increased dropout from the study amongst less educated respondents. Our findings have implications both for our understanding of the knowledge-attitude relationship in public opinion toward genomic science and for science communication more generally.
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页码:166 / 180
页数:15
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