What drives risk perceptions? Revisiting public perceptions of food hazards associated with production and consumption
What drives risk perceptions? Revisiting public perceptions of food hazards associated with production and consumption
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DOI：
10.1080/13669877.2020.1871057
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发表时间：
2021-01-08
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Osman, Magda
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作者：
Jenkins, Sarah C.;Harris, Adam J. L.;Osman, Magda
随着食品技术的不断进步，新食品进入食品市场的可能性越来越大，引起了媒体的极大兴趣。虽然以前的研究探讨了公众对食品相关危害的看法，但其中大部分是在10多年前进行的。持续的技术发展产生了新的食品产品，目前还没有关于公众看法的研究。鉴于此，迫切需要更新和扩展探索公众对食品相关危害的看法的研究。使用心理测量方法，一个具有全国代表性的英国样本（n = 907）对总共12种风险特征（从以前的研究中确定）提供了11种新旧食品危害的评级。主成分分析确定了两个主要成分：“恐惧”和“知识”，它们解释了80.8%的感知差异，与过去的研究结果一致。添加剂被认为是最不可怕、最广为人知的危害，而莱克多巴胺猪肉、阿特拉津玉米和激素牛肉则是最可怕的。3D打印食品和实验室培育的肉类被认为是最不为人所知的。我们的研究结果强调了知识在塑造风险认知方面的重要性，并对风险管理具有启示意义。了解决定风险认知的因素对于制定有效的风险管理和风险沟通战略至关重要。
As food technology continues to advance, the potential for new food products to enter the food market grows, attracting considerable media interest. Whilst previous research has explored public perceptions of food-related hazards, much of this took place over 10 years ago. Continued technological developments have yielded new food products, for which there is no extant research on public perceptions. In light of this, there is a pressing need to update and extend research exploring public perceptions of food-related hazards. Using a psychometric approach, a nationally representative UK sample (n = 907) provided ratings of 11 old and new food hazards on a total of 12 risk characteristics (identified from previous research). Principal components analysis identified two main components: 'dread' and 'knowledge', which explained 80.8% of the variance in perceptions, consistent with past findings. Additives were perceived as the least dreaded and most known of the hazards considered, whereas ractopamine pork, atrazine corn and hormone beef were dreaded the most. 3D printed food and lab-grown meat were perceived as the least known. Our results highlight the importance of knowledge in shaping risk perceptions and have implications for risk management. An understanding of the factors which determine risk perceptions is vital for the development of effective risk management and risk communication strategies.