Consumer confidence in the safety of food and newspaper coverage of food safety issues: A longitudinal perspective

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-142

  De Jonge, Janneke ^a   Van Trijp, Hans ^a   Renes, Reint Jan ^a   Frewer, Lynn J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confidence; Food safety; Incidents; Media attention; Monitoring; Newspaper coverage; Recall; Risk; Trust

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; FOOD SAFETY; INCIDENTS; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; MEAN RATINGS; MEDIA ATTENTION; MEDIA COVERAGE; MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SAFETY OF FOOD;

MONITORING; NEWSPRINT;

HEALTH;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD SAFETY; MEDIA ROLE; MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649137193     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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