Seeds of Discontent: Expert Opinion, Mass Media Messages, and the Public Image of Agricultural Biotechnology

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-539

  Priest, Susanna Hornig ^a   Gillespie, Allen W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biotechnology; Expert opinion; Mass media; Science journalism

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLISHING;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 0034304910     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-000-0012-4     Document Type: Article

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