Factors influencing Malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology

Despite considerable research in advanced countries on public perceptions of and attitudes to modern biotechnology, limited effort has been geared towards developing a structural model of public attitudes to modern biotechnology. The purpose of this paper is to identify the relevant factors influenc...

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Main Authors:	Amin, Latifah, Ahmad, Jamil, Md Jahi, Jamaluddin, Md Nor, Abd Rahim, Osman, Mohamad, Mahadi, Nor Muhammad
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Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publications 2011
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
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spelling	iium-97002011-12-22T08:53:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/9700/ Factors influencing Malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology Amin, Latifah Ahmad, Jamil Md Jahi, Jamaluddin Md Nor, Abd Rahim Osman, Mohamad Mahadi, Nor Muhammad Q Science (General) Despite considerable research in advanced countries on public perceptions of and attitudes to modern biotechnology, limited effort has been geared towards developing a structural model of public attitudes to modern biotechnology. The purpose of this paper is to identify the relevant factors influencing public attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) soybean, and to analyze the relationship between all the attitudinal factors. A survey was carried out on 1,017 respondents from various stakeholder groups in the Klang Valley region. Results of the survey have confirmed that attitudes towards complex issues such as biotechnology should be seen as a multifaceted process. The most important factors predicting support for GM soybean are the specific application-linked perceptions about the benefits, acceptance of risk and moral concern while risk and familiarity are significant predictors of benefit and risk acceptance. Attitudes towards GM soybean are also predicted by several general classes of attitude. SAGE Publications 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/9700/3/9700_-_2010_Latifah_et_al_-_PUS.pdf Amin, Latifah and Ahmad, Jamil and Md Jahi, Jamaluddin and Md Nor, Abd Rahim and Osman, Mohamad and Mahadi, Nor Muhammad (2011) Factors influencing Malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology. Public Understanding of Science, 20 (5). pp. 674-689. ISSN 0963-6625 http://pus.sagepub.com/content/20/5/674.full.pdf+html 10.1177/0963662510369622
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description	Despite considerable research in advanced countries on public perceptions of and attitudes to modern biotechnology, limited effort has been geared towards developing a structural model of public attitudes to modern biotechnology. The purpose of this paper is to identify the relevant factors influencing public attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) soybean, and to analyze the relationship between all the attitudinal factors. A survey was carried out on 1,017 respondents from various stakeholder groups in the Klang Valley region. Results of the survey have confirmed that attitudes towards complex issues such as biotechnology should be seen as a multifaceted process. The most important factors predicting support for GM soybean are the specific application-linked perceptions about the benefits, acceptance of risk and moral concern while risk and familiarity are significant predictors of benefit and risk acceptance. Attitudes towards GM soybean are also predicted by several general classes of attitude.
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author	Amin, Latifah Ahmad, Jamil Md Jahi, Jamaluddin Md Nor, Abd Rahim Osman, Mohamad Mahadi, Nor Muhammad
author_facet	Amin, Latifah Ahmad, Jamil Md Jahi, Jamaluddin Md Nor, Abd Rahim Osman, Mohamad Mahadi, Nor Muhammad
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title	Factors influencing Malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology
title_short	Factors influencing Malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology
title_full	Factors influencing Malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology
title_fullStr	Factors influencing Malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology
title_full_unstemmed	Factors influencing Malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology
title_sort	factors influencing malaysian public attitudes to agro-biotechnology
publisher	SAGE Publications
publishDate	2011
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