Beyond the knowledge deficit: recent research into lay and expert attitudes to food risks

Janus Staffan Hansen; Lotte Holm; Lynn Frewer; Paul Robinson; Peter Sandøe

Beyond the knowledge deficit: recent research into lay and expert attitudes to food risks

Janus Staffan Hansen, Lotte Holm, Lynn Frewer, Paul Robinson, Peter Sandøe

Sektion for Forbrug, Bioetik og Regulering

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Abstract

The paper reviews psychological and social scientific research on lay attitudes to food risks. Many experts (scientists, food producers and public health advisors) regard public unease about food risks as excessive. This expert-lay discrepancy is often attributed to a 'knowledge deficit' among lay people. However, much research in psychology and sociology suggests that lay risk assessments are complex, situationally sensitive expressions of personal value systems. The paper is organised around four themes: risk perception, the communication of risk, lay handling of risk, and public trust in institutions and experts. It suggests that an interdisciplinary, contextualised and psychologically sound approach to the study of risk is needed.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Appetite
Vol/bind	41
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	111-21
Antal sider	11
ISSN	0195-6663
Status	Udgivet - okt. 2003

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