Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology

Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology

Modern biotechnology has been classified as a complex emerging issue that exhibits high salience combined with limited knowledge on part of the public. It has been suggested by social scientists that any complex object may be located in a variety of general classes where its evaluation may be strong...

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Main Authors: Latifah Amin, Jamaluddin Md. Jahi, Abd Rahim Md Nor, Mohamed Osman, Nor Muhammad Mahadi
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Language:English
Published: Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2005
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spelling ukm-22302016-12-14T06:31:03Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2230/ Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology Latifah Amin, Jamaluddin Md. Jahi, Abd Rahim Md Nor, Mohamed Osman, Nor Muhammad Mahadi, Modern biotechnology has been classified as a complex emerging issue that exhibits high salience combined with limited knowledge on part of the public. It has been suggested by social scientists that any complex object may be located in a variety of general classes where its evaluation may be strongly affected by extraneous concerns. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between several general classes of attitudes and attitude towards genetically modified soybean as an example of modern biotechnology product available in Malaysia. A survey was carried out on 991 respondents from various interest groups in the Klang Valley region. Results of the survey have confirmed that attitude towards complex issues such as biotechnology should be seen as a multi-faceted/multidimensional process. The most important factors predicting encouragement of 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. Attitude towards GM soybean is also predicted by several general classes of attitude such as general promise and concern of biotechnology, technology optimism, nature/materialistic value, predisposition towards science and technology, attachment to religion and custom. Researchers, policy-makers and industries interested in developing and marketing GM products in Malaysia should consider the various factors mentioned in this study in order to gain public approval Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2230/1/2005_5_Latifah1.pdf Latifah Amin, and Jamaluddin Md. Jahi, and Abd Rahim Md Nor, and Mohamed Osman, and Nor Muhammad Mahadi, (2005) Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 6 . pp. 73-86. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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description Modern biotechnology has been classified as a complex emerging issue that exhibits high salience combined with limited knowledge on part of the public. It has been suggested by social scientists that any complex object may be located in a variety of general classes where its evaluation may be strongly affected by extraneous concerns. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between several general classes of attitudes and attitude towards genetically modified soybean as an example of modern biotechnology product available in Malaysia. A survey was carried out on 991 respondents from various interest groups in the Klang Valley region. Results of the survey have confirmed that attitude towards complex issues such as biotechnology should be seen as a multi-faceted/multidimensional process. The most important factors predicting encouragement of 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. Attitude towards GM soybean is also predicted by several general classes of attitude such as general promise and concern of biotechnology, technology optimism, nature/materialistic value, predisposition towards science and technology, attachment to religion and custom. Researchers, policy-makers and industries interested in developing and marketing GM products in Malaysia should consider the various factors mentioned in this study in order to gain public approval
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author Latifah Amin,
Jamaluddin Md. Jahi,
Abd Rahim Md Nor,
Mohamed Osman,
Nor Muhammad Mahadi,
spellingShingle Latifah Amin,
Jamaluddin Md. Jahi,
Abd Rahim Md Nor,
Mohamed Osman,
Nor Muhammad Mahadi,
Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology
author_facet Latifah Amin,
Jamaluddin Md. Jahi,
Abd Rahim Md Nor,
Mohamed Osman,
Nor Muhammad Mahadi,
author_sort Latifah Amin,
title Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology
title_short Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology
title_full Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology
title_fullStr Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology
title_sort relationship between general attitude towards nature, religion, custom, science and technological progress and attitude towards modern biotechnology
publisher Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate 2005
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2230/
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