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| Title | Traveling of framed facts and acceptability of novel technologies, MSc thesis/ BSc thesis / internship |
| Group | Public Administration and Policy |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | tbd |
| Supervisor(s) | Dr. Tamara Metze, Efrat Gommeh, Eduardo Rojas Padille (PAP) and
Prof. dr. Karin Schroen (FPE) |
| Examiner(s) | Prof. Dr. Katrien Termeer (PAP) |
| Contact info | tamara.metze-burghouts@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2019/03/03 |
| End date | 2019/12/31 |
| Description | In order get most out of novel technologies, framing is an important factor to consider since in these digital times – information, news and images travel extremely fast, and can also influence public opinion and decision making to a large extent. What we want to investigate within this project how a novel technology (e.g. nanotechnology, protein transition, genetically modified organisms) is perceived by various groups in society (governments, consumers, industry, NGOs, etc.) and how this influences actions (laws, rules, but also protests etc.) We are especially interested in how information travels over the internet and in social media, and will develop a dashboard to monitor this. |
| Used skills | Qualitative and/or quantitative research methods |
| Requirements | We look for one or more highly ambitious student(s), who is/are capable of working autonomously, has/have affinity with xx debates, and has/have experience with using xx research methods. Students are expected to further develop the above in a stand-alone research proposal. Students who choose to conduct research in developing countries are expected to be comfortable with working under tougher working conditions.
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