Public perceptions of plant biotechnology—a focus group study
Public perceptions of plant biotechnology—a focus group study
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公众对植物生物技术的看法——焦点小组研究
DOI：
10.1080/1463677032000102620
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发表时间：
2003
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通讯作者：
Heather Suffron
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作者：
J. Beckwith;Timothy D. Hadlock;Heather Suffron
研究人员对密歇根州中部的植物生物技术研究人员、积极的环保组织成员、大学生和农民进行了焦点小组调查。这项研究的目的是为了更好地了解影响这些群体如何看待植物生物技术和转基因食品的因素。与会者展示了植物生物技术的复杂图景，包括许多相关的环境、社会经济和价值驱动问题。与会者，包括那些普遍支持新技术的与会者，确定了值得进一步注意的问题，包括选择、控制、公平、信任和科学不确定性等问题。具有生态中心世界观的参与者认为植物生物技术是西方社会通过技术解决问题的方法的症状。与会者认为，美国尚未就这项新技术展开有意义的公开辩论，但这是有必要的。这种辩论的障碍包括科学文盲、问题复杂性、缺乏公众意识以及缺乏行业和监管机构的开放性或让公众参与的意愿。
Focus groups were conducted with plant biotechnology researchers, active environmental group members, university students and farmers in central Michigan. The study's objective was to gain a greater understanding of the factors that influence how plant biotechnology and genetically modified foods are viewed by these groups. Participants demonstrated a complex mental picture of plant biotechnology, including many related environmental, socio-economic and value-driven issues. The participants, including those generally supportive of the new technology, identified issues warranting further attention, including the issues of choice, control, equity, trust and scientific uncertainty. Participants with an ecocentric worldview perceived plant biotechnology as symptomatic of Western society's approach to solving problems through technological fixes. Participants believed that a meaningful public debate of the new technology had yet to occur in the US, but was warranted. Impediments to such a debate include scientific illiteracy, issue complexity, lack of public awareness and a lack of industry and regulatory agency openness or willingness to engage the public.