Beyond the knowledge deficit: recent research into lay and expert attitudes to food risks
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Beyond the knowledge deficit : recent research into lay and expert attitudes to food risks. / Hansen, Janus Staffan; Holm, Lotte; Frewer, Lynn; Robinson, Paul; Sandøe, Peter.
I: Appetite, Bind 41, Nr. 2, 10.2003, s. 111-21.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Beyond the knowledge deficit
T2 - recent research into lay and expert attitudes to food risks
AU - Hansen, Janus Staffan
AU - Holm, Lotte
AU - Frewer, Lynn
AU - Robinson, Paul
AU - Sandøe, Peter
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - The paper reviews psychological and social scientific research on lay attitudes to food risks. Many experts (scientists, food producers and public health advisors) regard public unease about food risks as excessive. This expert-lay discrepancy is often attributed to a 'knowledge deficit' among lay people. However, much research in psychology and sociology suggests that lay risk assessments are complex, situationally sensitive expressions of personal value systems. The paper is organised around four themes: risk perception, the communication of risk, lay handling of risk, and public trust in institutions and experts. It suggests that an interdisciplinary, contextualised and psychologically sound approach to the study of risk is needed.
AB - The paper reviews psychological and social scientific research on lay attitudes to food risks. Many experts (scientists, food producers and public health advisors) regard public unease about food risks as excessive. This expert-lay discrepancy is often attributed to a 'knowledge deficit' among lay people. However, much research in psychology and sociology suggests that lay risk assessments are complex, situationally sensitive expressions of personal value systems. The paper is organised around four themes: risk perception, the communication of risk, lay handling of risk, and public trust in institutions and experts. It suggests that an interdisciplinary, contextualised and psychologically sound approach to the study of risk is needed.
KW - Attitude
KW - Communication
KW - Expert Testimony
KW - Food
KW - Food Handling
KW - Perception
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Public Opinion
KW - Risk
KW - Risk Assessment
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 14550309
VL - 41
SP - 111
EP - 121
JO - Appetite
JF - Appetite
SN - 0195-6663
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 120848845