How French culture influences the framing of genetic modifications on the internet: Insights from Google-based corpus analysis

Since the mid-1990s, genetically modified (GM) crops and foodstuffs have been the subject of much controversy. While research has highlighted a disparity between attitudes toward the consumption of GM products, this study focuses on the circulation of cultural frameworks for GMs online. We use two d...

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Published in:PloS one 2024-12, Vol.19 (12), p.e0311934
Main Authors: Degache, Anaïs, Louvel, Séverine, Abrial, Stéphanie, Tournay, Virginie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural biotechnology
Biology and Life Sciences
Biotechnology
Computer and Information Sciences
Consumers
Corpus analysis
Corpus linguistics
Cultural differences
Cultural factors
Culture
Engineering and Technology
English language
Food consumption
Food, Genetically Modified
France
French language
Genetic analysis
Genetic Engineering
Genetic modification
Genetically modified crops
Genetically modified organisms
Humans
Influence
Internet
Language
Language policy
Mass media
Media coverage
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mutation
Organisms
People and Places
Plants, Genetically Modified - genetics
Public opinion
Risk perception
Search engines
Social aspects
Social Sciences
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Summary:Since the mid-1990s, genetically modified (GM) crops and foodstuffs have been the subject of much controversy. While research has highlighted a disparity between attitudes toward the consumption of GM products, this study focuses on the circulation of cultural frameworks for GMs online. We use two datasets obtained using Google as a privileged observation site for understanding how debates regarding genetic engineering are framed in global and local contexts. While the English-language corpus brings to the fore the framing of GM products in terms of economic value, the French-language corpus is characterized by the strong association of such products with matters relating to risk. This has consequences for public perceptions of biotechnologies. Stakeholders using communication media to convey GM issues could assist public understanding by taking these cultural differences into account.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0311934