@article{e9f6b464a7764c6b8a92ccebf0ec9397,
title = "Open and transparent research practices and public perceptions of the trustworthiness of agricultural biotechnology organizations",
abstract = "Public trust in agricultural biotechnology organizations that produce so-called {\textquoteleft}genetically-modified organisms{\textquoteright} (GMOs) is affected by misinformed attacks on GM technology and worry that producers{\textquoteright} concern for profits overrides concern for the public good. In an experiment, we found that reporting that the industry engages in open and transparent research practices increased the perceived trustworthiness of university and corporate organizations involved with GMOs. Universities were considered more trustworthy than corporations overall, supporting prior findings in other technology domains. The results suggest that commitment to, and communication of, open and transparent research practices should be part of the process of implementing agricultural biotechnologies.",
keywords = "Public perception of science and technology, Public understanding of science and technology, Risk communication",
author = "Landrum, {Asheley R.} and Joseph Hilgard and Lull, {Robert B.} and Heather Akin and Jamieson, {Kathleen Hall}",
note = "Funding Information: Kathleen Hall Jamieson is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania{\textquoteright}s Annenberg School for Communication, the Walter and Leonore Director of the university{\textquoteright}s Annenberg Public Policy Center, and Program Director of the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands. She recently co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication (2017) and The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication (2017). Jamieson{\textquoteright}s work has been funded by the FDA and the MacArthur, Ford, Carnegie, Pew, Robert Wood Johnson, Packard, and Annenberg Foundations. She is the co-founder of FactCheck.org and its subsidiary site, SciCheck, and director of The Sunnylands Constitution Project, which has produced more than 30 award-winning films on the Constitution for high school students. Jamieson is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the International Communication Association, and a past president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. E-mail: Kjamieson@asc.upenn.edu. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020. All Rights Reserved.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.22323/2.17020204",
language = "English",
volume = "17",
pages = "1--33",
journal = "Journal of Science Communication",
issn = "1824-2049",
number = "2",
}