The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition (한국식품영양학회지)

The Korean Society of Food and Nutrition (한국식품영양학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Studies on Food Safety Knowledge of College Students according to Mass-Media Impact

대중매체 영향에 따른 일부 대학생의 식품안전 지식 조사

  • Received : 2011.03.14
  • Accepted : 2011.06.19
  • Published : 2011.06.30
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess food safety knowledge of college students according to mass-media reports. To accomplish this, a survey was conducted to investigate the reliability, of primary mass-media sources on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy(BSE) as well as the preferences of college students. The most common sources of media consumed by male and female students were terrestrial television(TV)(60%), the internet(21%), and newspapers(11%) and terrestrial TV(60%), newspapers (18%), and the internet(17%), respectively. The preferences for media of major and non-major students were terrestrial TV(64%), newspapers(17%), and the internet(14%) and terrestrial TV(51%), the internet(22%), and newspapers(19%), respectively. The reliability of media as viewed by male students were as follows: terrestrial TV(53%) and the internet(40%), whereas for female students, these values were terrestrial TV(55%) and the internet(37%). The reliability of media as viewed by major and non-major students was as follows: terrestrial TV(67%) and the internet(28%), and terrestrial TV(44%) and the internet(44%), respectively. In the case of male students, the primary sources for information regarding BSE were terrestrial TV(54%) and the internet(38%), whereas for female students, the primary sources were terrestrial TV(57%) and internet (37%). In the case of major students, the primary sources for information regarding BSE were terrestrial TV(52%) and the Internet(40%), and for non-major students, the internet(47%) and terrestrial TV(39%). Both male and female students were found to have less knowledge regarding prions, SRM(Specified Risk Materials), MM(methionine-methionine) type genes, and cow above 30 months associated with BSE compared to the other factors associated with this disease. The BSE-related knowledge held by major and non-major students was revealed unknown more than the majority of responses. Based on these results, greater effort should be made to provide meaningful information to improve the food-safety knowledge of college students according to mass-media.

Keywords

References

  1. Choi BB. 2009. Studies on the food safety informations of college students. Korean J Food & Nutr 22:612-617
  2. Choi BB. 2009. Studies on the satisfactions of elderly welfare professionals in the northern Gyeonggi-do area. Korean J Food & Nutr 22:215-222
  3. Collins SJ, Lawson VA, Masters CL. 2004. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Lancet 363:51-61 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15171-9
  4. Cousen SN, Vynnycky E, Zeider M, Will RG, Smith PG. 1997. Predicting the CJD epidemic in humans. Nature 385:197-198 https://doi.org/10.1038/385197a0
  5. Jin HJ, Koo WW. 2003. The effects of the BSE outbreak in Japan on consumer's preferences. European Review of Agricultural Economics 30:173-192 https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/30.2.173
  6. Jin HJ. 2006. Korean consumers' response in meat demand to public information regarding BSE outbreaks. Safe Food 1:9-45
  7. Johnson FR. 1988. Economic cost of misinforming about risk: The EDB scare and the media. Risk Analysis 8:261-269 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1988.tb01179.x
  8. Kim YS. 2001. Prion diseases. J Korean Neurol Assoc 19:1-9
  9. Lee EJ. 2001. The effect of BSE news reports on beef intake. Food Service Management Research 4:223-239
  10. Lee YS. 2004. Mad cow disease and food safety. Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety Conference, pp.91-97
  11. Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Meatwatch system. Available from: http://www.mtrace.go.kr. Accessed Jun. 13, 2010
  12. Piggott NE, Marsh TL. 2004. Does food safety information impact U.S meat demand? American J of Agricultural Economics 86:154-174 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00569.x
  13. Prusiner SB. 1994. Biology and genetics of prion diseases. Ann Rev Microbiol 48:655-686 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.mi.48.100194.003255
  14. Seong JE. 2007. Type of technological risks and comparision of risk governance: The case of BSE risk management. Administrative Thesis 46:63-91

Cited by

  1. Dietary Habits and Behaviors of College Students in the Northern Gyeonggi-do Region vol.26, pp.3, 2013, https://doi.org/10.9799/ksfan.2013.26.3.404
  2. A Study on the Selection Attributes regarding American Beef by Importance-Performance Analysis -Focused on the University Students in Seoul and Gyeonggi Area- vol.28, pp.1, 2012, https://doi.org/10.9724/kfcs.2012.28.1.033
  3. Study on Food Hygiene and Safety Awareness of High School Students in Chungnam area vol.17, pp.9, 2016, https://doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.9.570
  4. A Study of the Perception and Purchase Behavior on Foreign Matters in Food vol.26, pp.3, 2013, https://doi.org/10.9799/ksfan.2013.26.3.470
  5. Study of University Students’ Perception of Food Safety and Food Purchasing Behavior vol.29, pp.2, 2018, https://doi.org/10.7856/kjcls.2018.29.2.247
  6. A Study on the Food Hygiene Attitude and Personal Hygiene Management of Students by high school type in Chungcheongnam-do vol.20, pp.2, 2011, https://doi.org/10.5762/kais.2019.20.2.173
  7. 고등학생의 식품위생태도와 개인위생관리의 성별에 따른 비교연구 vol.20, pp.4, 2011, https://doi.org/10.5762/kais.2019.20.4.207