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PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE
Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 732-750Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/09636625211070150
Keywords
China; discourse network analysis; genetically modified organisms (GMOs); public debate; Weibo
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- China Scholarship Council [201607720007]
- Wageningen School of Social Sciences
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We analyzed the online debate on genetically modified organisms in China and found strong opposition to GMOs. However, there is an increasing number of public posts supporting GMOs in recent years, indicating a change in stakeholders' positions.
We examine stakeholder participation in the online debate on genetically modified organisms in China and assess how the debate has changed over time. Therefore, we compare messages posted between 2013 and 2020 on the Chinese microblog website Weibo by using discourse network analysis. Our findings reveal strong opposition to genetically modified crops, along with the existence of two competing coalitions of supporters and opponents. We further observe an increasing number of posts supporting genetically modified organisms by the public in recent years. Consequently, there is an indication that the positions of stakeholders have changed over time. We discuss the policy implications for China and draw conclusions for other countries.
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