Food scandals, media exposure, and citizens' safety concerns: A multilevel analysis across Chinese cities
Food scandals, media exposure, and citizens' safety concerns: A multilevel analysis across Chinese cities
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食品丑闻、媒体曝光和公民安全担忧：对中国城市的多层次分析
DOI：
10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.07.005
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发表时间：
2016-08-01
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影响因子：
6.5
通讯作者：
Ma, Liang
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作者：
Liu, Peng;Ma, Liang
在中国等发展中国家，食品相关健康危害的爆发日益猖獗，了解是什么推动了公民对食品安全的关注，这在理论上和社会上都是必要的。本文结合联合收割机最近的全国调查数据和媒体报道，定量检验了食品丑闻和媒体曝光对食品安全风险的影响。我们发现，媒体报道的食品丑闻并没有显着相关公众对食品安全风险的关注，这表明食品风险的看法可能是全国性的，而不是特定的地区。受教育程度越高、媒体曝光率越高的居民越关注食品安全风险，食品丑闻的放大效应在受教育程度越高的居民中越显著。与我们的预期相反，家庭收入与食品安全关注没有显著相关。我们还发现，女性，老年人和城市居民比男性，年轻人和农村居民更高的食物风险水平。政府应重视公众对食品安全的认知，加强风险沟通能力，以缓解食品安全关注的媒体放大效应。监管机构可以与其他实体合作（例如，食品行业和非政府组织），以推进食品安全教育，使公众掌握基本知识，以减轻食品丑闻和谣言的框架和溢出效应。(C)2016爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有
It is both theoretically and socially imperative to understand what drives citizens' concerns over food safety, as outbreaks of food related health hazards have become increasingly rampant in developing countries like China. In this paper we combine recent national survey data and media reports to quantitatively examine the effects of food scandals and media exposure on food safety risk. We find that media reported food scandals are not significantly related to public concern about food safety risk, suggesting that food risk perceptions may be nationwide rather than region specific. We also find out that more educated citizens with more media exposure are more concerned about food safety risk, and the amplification effect of food scandals is more prominent among residents with higher levels of education. In contrast to our expectation, family income is not significantly related to food safety concern. We also find that females, the elderly, and urban dwellers perceive higher levels of food risk than males, youngsters, and rural residents. The government should pay more attention to public perceptions of food safety, and strengthen its risk communication capacity to mitigate media amplification effects of food safety concern. The regulatory authorities can work with other entities (e.g., food industry and NGOs) to advance food safety education to equip the public with essential knowledge to mitigate the framing and spillover effects of food scandals and rumors. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.