Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0209288

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0209288

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

FOOD AND RISK: RESEARCHING LAY PERCEPTIONS AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS. The project will document and analyse issues concerning the risks associated with food in selected print news media and investigate lay people's notions of risk associated with the consumption of food. It will focus in particular on food poisoning and contamination, genetically-modified food and BSE and vCJD (`mad cow') issues, all of which have attracted a great deal of public attention and media coverage. This research will provide insights into what sorts of messages and meanings are being conveyed in the print news media and how people are dealing with food risks, how they make choices about food consumption and who they blame for these risks.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2003

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $22,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sociology | Sociology Not Elsewhere Classified | Consumption And Everyday Life

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Studies in human society |

Other Keywords

Consumption And Everyday Life | Sociology | Sociology Not Elsewhere Classified | Studies in human society

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