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Attitudes towards agricultural biotechnologies: An investigation of misinformation susceptibility

Background:

The aim of the current study was the investigate the types of misinformation specific to a contentious science topic (GMOs) people are most susceptible to and the processes which are driving these perceptions. Survey data from 221 North Queensland, Australia residents was collected. Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the James Cook University Human Ethics Commitee (Approval number H8292). The study had a within-subject design. Participants were shown six misinformation passages. Three of the passages were about GMOs impact on health. The other three passages were about GMOs impact on the environment. Each topic had either an affective, cognitive or combines affective and cognitive frame. Variables of interest were demographics, attitudes towards GMOs, cultural worldviews, perceived accuracy of misinformation presented and emotive and cognitive processing.

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2 files - survey data in .sav and .csv file formats.

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Software/equipment used to create/collect the data: Qualtrics survey software was used to collect the data

Software/equipment used to manipulate/analyze the data: SPSS version 29.0 was used to analyze the data
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    Background:

    The aim of the current study was the investigate the types of misinformation specific to a contentious science topic (GMOs) people are most susceptible to and the processes which are driving these perceptions. Survey data from 221 North Queensland, Australia residents was collected. Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the James Cook University Human Ethics Commitee (Approval number H8292). The study had a within-subject design. Participants were shown six misinformation passages. Three of the passages were about GMOs impact on health. The other three passages were about GMOs impact on the environment. Each topic had either an affective, cognitive or combines affective and cognitive frame. Variables of interest were demographics, attitudes towards GMOs, cultural worldviews, perceived accuracy of misinformation presented and emotive and cognitive processing.

    This data record contains:

    2 files - survey data in .sav and .csv file formats.

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    Software/equipment used to create/collect the data: Qualtrics survey software was used to collect the data

    Software/equipment used to manipulate/analyze the data: SPSS version 29.0 was used to analyze the data

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    • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • Misinformation
    • Receptivity
    • Agricultural biotechnologies
    • Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
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    • Research themes
    People and Societies in the Tropics
    FoR Codes (*)
    • 529999 - Other psychology not elsewhere classified
    SEO Codes
    • 280121 - Expanding knowledge in psychology
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  • Start Date 2021/03/31
  • End Date 2021/11/30
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  • Locations
    • North Queensland, Australia
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    Type Location Notes
    The Data Manager is: Connar McShane
    College or Centre College of Healthcare Sciences
    Access conditions Conditional: Contact researchdata@jcu.edu.au to request access to this data.
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    • Data record size 2 files: 408KB
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    Citation Green, Madison; McShane, Connar; Swinbourne, Anne; Morris, Kayla (2024): Attitudes towards agricultural biotechnologies: An investigation of misinformation susceptibility. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25903/ev98-qx83