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. 2015 Nov 10;6(6):842–851. doi: 10.3945/an.115.008870

TABLE 2.

Sources of GMO knowledge1

Reference Population Sample size Main findings
Aleksejeva, 2014 (14) Latvian consumers Not reported • 77.3% received GMO information from the Internet
• 63.6% received GMO information from television
• 54.5% received GMO information from people they know (relatives and friends)
• 36.4% received GMO information from the radio
• 22.7% received GMO information from newspapers and magazine
• 13.6% received GMO information from scientific papers
Turker et al., 2013 (15) Turkish nursing students n = 346 • 74.3% received GMO information from television or radio
• 27.7% received GMO information from newspapers
• 22.3% received GMO information from a friend
• 21.7% received GMO information from the Internet
• 9.2% received GMO information from the questionnaire alone
1

GMO, genetically modified organism.