Why do some of the public reject novel scientific technologies? A synthesis of results from the Fate of Biotechnology research programme

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Why do some of the public reject novel scientific technologies? A synthesis of results from the Fate of Biotechnology research programme

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This report synthesises outputs from a five year programme of research on public perceptions of biotechnology. In interpreting the overall results, a pressure-response-assessment-outcome model is introduced to explain reactions to biotechnology. Biotechnology pressures or challenges peoples' attitudes and values. It invokes deep-seated reactions from people in New Zealand and there are a number of dimensions to these reactions. One is the ethical or moral question about whether the biotechnol...

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2007-06

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Fairweather, JR / Campbell, H / Hunt, LM / Cook, AJ

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/124

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biotechnology / nanotechnology / genetically modified food / public opinion / Marsden::370602 Sociology and social studies of science and technology / Agricultural Biotechnology

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