Does information change German consumers’ attitudes about genetically modified food?

Wuepper, David; Wree, Philipp; Ardali, Goezde

doi:10.1093/erae/jby018

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“…The study adopted a between-subject design of 3 pieces of information (environmental attribute information and functional attribute information and no information) by purchase intention. According to the research of Muqier et al (2019) and Wupper et al (2019), the study selected tomatoes with a higher consumption frequency [22,65], so we use tomatoes as experimental food. Paid recruiting subjects, all subjects will complete the trial as a test to obtain a reward by souvenir.…”

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“…Additionally, the brand loyalty and the research on the different information-processing mechanisms that the marketing lead content framework will initiate consumers is less involved [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The consequences of positive labeling of GM foods and the extent to which the type of information may affect consumers' attitudes towards GM foods are still largely unknown [22].…”

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Marketing Clues on the Label Raise the Purchase Intention of Genetically Modified Food

Jiang

Zhang

2021

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As more and more genetically modified foods (GMFs) must be labeled, adding more information to increase the willingness to buy genetically modified food has become the focus of scholars and enterprises. Most current studies have confirmed that the consumer attitudes and purchase intention toward GMFs are not good. This study aims to match consumers’ different information-processing mechanisms by adding marketing information clues and regulating their purchase intentions by contradictory attitudes towards GMFs. According to the interest demands of GMFs, the marketing clue information was divided into functional information and environmental information. Through two studies, we find that consumers are more inclined to environmental information than heuristic. Functional information is more attractive to males, and the young generation prefers ecological information. Consumers with high ambivalence towards genetically modified foods are more inclined to choose environmental attribute information.

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Marketing Clues on the Label Raise the Purchase Intention of Genetically Modified Food

Jiang

Zhang

2021

Sustainability

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“…The high share of undecided respondents in questions concerning general attitudes toward agriculture, trust in farmers, and the assessment of DFT shows that there is a need to inform the public in an objective way. However, more comprehensive, balanced information on a topic may not necessarily always result in greater acceptance of an issue (Scholderer and Frewer 2003;Weary and Keyserlingk 2017;Wuepper et al 2019), as opinions are based not only on experience and knowledge but also, and very importantly, on values and beliefs (Te Velde et al 2002). Since opinions on a topic are thus very deeply rooted, simply providing information in order to change them will most likely be insufficient (Grunert et al 2003).…”

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Understanding the public attitudinal acceptance of digital farming technologies: a nationwide survey in Germany

2020

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The magnitude of public concerns about agricultural innovations has often been underestimated, as past examples, such as pesticides, nanotechnology, and cloning, demonstrate. Indeed, studies have proven that the agricultural sector presents an area of tension and often attracts skepticism concerning new technologies. Digital technologies have become increasingly popular in agriculture. Yet there are almost no investigations on the public acceptance of digitalization in agriculture so far. Our online survey provides initial insights to reduce this knowledge gap. The sample (n = 2012) represents the German population in terms of gender, age (minimum 18 years), education and size of place of residence. Results showed that if the potential of digital farming technologies (DFT) regarding animal welfare and environmental protection was described, respondents reacted positively. Thus, the general attitudes of respondents toward the benefits of DFT were mostly positive. The approval to increasing adoption rates of particular DFT by providing subsidies was also high. Linear regression models showed that the dominant positive influences on respondents' attitudes toward the benefits of DFT were a generally positive attitude toward farming and a strong trust in farmers in Germany. Confronting respondents with pictures showing DFT resulted in many spontaneous negative associations and general criticism of agricultural production. The latter holds true for DFT in animal husbandry in particular. However, as agriculture as a whole is criticized by many groups in Germany, it is unlikely that benefits from digitalization will significantly increase the public acceptance of agriculture as a whole.

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“…Zatiaľ čo opatrenia krajiny ohľadom využívania technológií môžu ovplyvňovať percepciu rizík v spoločnosti, aj názory verejnosti môžu ovplyvňovať reguláciu a adaptáciu technológie v krajine. Napríklad, vo Francúzsku a v Rakúsku boli hnacou silou proti genetickej modifikácii stanoviská a protesty spotrebiteľov či farmárov, čo viedlo k zavedeniu striktných pravidiel zakazujúcich pestovanie a kultiváciu geneticky modifikovaných plodín v krajine (Tosun & Schaub, 2017).V rámci Európskej Únie celkovo prevláda skepticizmus voči geneticky modifikovaným potravinám, v porovnaní s akceptáciou geneticky modifikovaných potravín v krajinách mimo Únie (Wuepper et al, 2019). Stanoviská krajín k pestovaniu, výrobe či predaju geneticky modifikovaných potravín zasahujú do vnímanie naturálnosti geneticky modifikovaných potravín v danej krajine.…”

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PhD existence 11: Česko-slovenská psychologická konference (nejen) pro doktorandy a o doktorandech. Sborník odborných příspěvků

2021

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Zvládání zátěže v lidském životě je již dlouho častým předmětem intenzivního zájmu psychologů a dalších odborníků, stejně jako širší veřejnosti. Početné výzkumné výsledky, teorie, odborné i laické názory na tuto problematiku představují obsáhlou látku, v níž je velmi obtížné se uspokojivě orientovat. Příspěvek přináší přehled vybraných jevů a podstatných souvislostí v situacích, kdy jsou lidé vystaveni nárokům, jež je potřeba zvládnout. Zaměřuje se zejména na podstatu, terminologii a metodologické uchopení a závažné souvislosti adaptace člověka na zátěž, příslušných dispozičních předpokladů a na volbu způsobů zvládání zátěže spojené s životem jedince. Přitom přihlíží k limitním nárokům (stresorům), které svou intenzitou či trváním přesahují, případně dostatečně nevyužívají adaptační kapacitu jedince. Expozice takovým nárokům může pro jedince vyznívat v podstatě v subjektivním či objektivním smyslu negativně (ohrožení psychické rovnováhy, stavu organismu apod.) i pozitivně (zdroj rozvojových podnětů a příležitostí).

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Does information change German consumers’ attitudes about genetically modified food?

Cited by 27 publications

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Marketing Clues on the Label Raise the Purchase Intention of Genetically Modified Food

Marketing Clues on the Label Raise the Purchase Intention of Genetically Modified Food

Understanding the public attitudinal acceptance of digital farming technologies: a nationwide survey in Germany

PhD existence 11: Česko-slovenská psychologická konference (nejen) pro doktorandy a o doktorandech. Sborník odborných příspěvků

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