%0 Journal Article
%T Distinguishing scientific knowledge: The impact of different measures of knowledge on genetically modified food attitudes
%A Dietram A. Scheufele
%A Dominique Brossard
%A Emily L. Howell
%A Kathleen M. Rose
%A Leona Y.-F. Su
%A Michael A. Xenos
%J Public Understanding of Science
%@ 1361-6609
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0963662518824837
%X The impact of knowledge on public attitudes toward scientific issues remains unclear, due in part to ill-defined differences in how research designs conceptualize knowledge. Using genetically modified foods as a framework, we explore the impacts of perceived familiarity and factual knowledge, and the moderating roles of media attention and a food-specific attitudinal variable (food consciousness), in shaping these relationships. Based on the differential effects on ˇ°negative attitudesˇ± toward genetically modified foods, we provide further evidence that the measures of knowledge are separate concepts and argue against a one-dimensional view of scientific knowledge. We discuss implications for understanding the relationship between knowledge and science attitudes
%K genetically modified food
%K genetically modified organisms
%K knowledge
%K science attitudes
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963662518824837