Depicting Science in a Public Debate: The Philippine Legal Challenge Against GMO Eggplant

• Main Authors: Ponce de Leon, Inez Z, Custodio, Pamela A, David, Clarissa
• 格式: text
• 出版: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• 主題: risk communication; genetically modified food; genetically modified crops; science journalism; Philippines; nature of science; Communication; Journalism Studies
• 在線閱讀: https://archium.ateneo.edu/comm-faculty-pubs/1; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1075547019846130
• 機構: Ateneo De Manila University

In 2015, the Philippine Supreme Court ruled against the field testing of Bt eggplant, a genetically modified crop. This decision was covered extensively in the local press, forcing scientists to defend their research. We used qualitative, inductive analysis to examine how three news outlets construc...