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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab9af5
	Tracking societal concerns on pesticides - A Google Trends analysis
	Schaub S.; Huber R.; Finger R.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:8
英文摘要	We analyze public interest in pesticides and plant protection products over time utilizing Google Trends data for Switzerland from 2011 until 2019. We find that the aggregated public interest in pesticides and plant protection products has increased substantially in recent years, especially since 2017. This trend can be attributed to search terms related to pesticides, while the interest in search terms related to plant protection products remained stable. Since the term 'pesticides' has a more negative connotation than 'plant protection products', the increased public interest might be linked to a higher negative perception of environment and human health impacts of pesticides. We also find evidence which supports the hypothesis that growing public concerns on pesticide use contributed to the launches of two popular initiatives aiming to restrict pesticide use in Switzerland. At the same time, our results support that the launch of these initiatives amplified public concerns regarding pesticides. We conclude that Google Trends is a useful tool for the timely detection of ongoing environmental and agricultural discussions, which might otherwise be unobserved. Therefore, it can generate helpful insights and contribute to agricultural policy problem framing. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	agricultural policy; Google Trends; pesticide; popular initiative; public interest
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agricultural robots; Agriculture; Agricultural policies; Google trends; Human health impacts; Pesticide use; Plant protection products; Public concern; Public interest; Societal concerns; Pesticides; Internet; pesticide; research work; tracking; trend analysis
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153852
作者单位	ETH Zurich, Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, Zurich, Switzerland; ETH Zurich, Grassland Sciences Group, Zurich, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Schaub S.,Huber R.,Finger R.. Tracking societal concerns on pesticides - A Google Trends analysis[J],2020,15(8).
APA	Schaub S.,Huber R.,&Finger R..(2020).Tracking societal concerns on pesticides - A Google Trends analysis.Environmental Research Letters,15(8).
MLA	Schaub S.,et al."Tracking societal concerns on pesticides - A Google Trends analysis".Environmental Research Letters 15.8(2020).