Personality traits, basic individual values and GMO risk perception of twitter users
The present study investigates how the most foundational factors to individual differences - personality traits and personal values - affect the perceived safety of genetic modification and their relative importance. Publicly available communication data from 522 Twitter accounts discussing genetica...
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| Published in: | Journal of risk research Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 522 - 540 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon
Routledge
02-04-2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd |
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| Summary: | The present study investigates how the most foundational factors to individual differences - personality traits and personal values - affect the perceived safety of genetic modification and their relative importance. Publicly available communication data from 522 Twitter accounts discussing genetically modified foods and their safety was processed in two steps. First, accounts were categorized by the researchers as viewing GM foods as either safe or not safe. Second, using the IBM Watson platform, the Twitter communication data were subjected to lexical analysis to assign scores according to the Five Factor Model for personality traits and Schwartz's basic individual values to the individual accounts. Logistic regression analyses were performed to determine how perceived GM food safety is linked to personality traits and individual values. Although both traits and values significantly contribute to explaining GM attitudes, personality traits strongly moderate the effect of individual values on risk perception. |
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| ISSN: | 1366-9877 1466-4461 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13669877.2019.1591491 |