Cultured meat in western media: The disproportionate coverage of vegetarian reactions, demographic realities, and implications for cultured meat marketing

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 264-272

  Hopkins, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer market; Cultured meat; Disgust; In vitro meat; Mark Post; Moral psychology; Vegans; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923063418     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60883-2     Document Type: Review

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