Gene editing achieves consistently higher favorability in social and traditional media than GMOs.

IF 4.5 2区农林科学 Q1 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain Pub Date : 2023-12-31 Epub Date: 2023-06-21 DOI:10.1080/21645698.2023.2226889

Mark Lynas, Selene Adams, Karen Stockert

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Abstract

While GMOs have been the subject of negative discourse over a long time period, it is possible that newer breeding technologies like gene editing are viewed more favorably. We present data for a 5-year period between January 2018 and December 2022, showing that in content specific to agricultural biotechnology, gene editing achieves consistently higher favorability ratings than GMOs in both social and traditional English-language media. Our sentiment analysis shows that favorability is especially positive in social media, with close to 100% favorability achieved in numerous monthly values throughout our 5 years of analysis. We believe that the scientific community can therefore be cautiously optimistic based on current trends that gene editing will be accepted by the public and be able to achieve its promise of making a substantial contribution to future food security and environmental sustainability worldwide. However, there are some recent indications of more sustained downward trends, which may be a cause for concern.

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与转基因生物相比，基因编辑在社交媒体和传统媒体中获得的好感度一直较高。

虽然转基因生物在很长一段时间内一直是负面讨论的主题，但基因编辑等较新的育种技术却有可能受到更多的青睐。我们提供了 2018 年 1 月至 2022 年 12 月这 5 年间的数据，显示在农业生物技术的特定内容中，基因编辑在社交媒体和传统英语媒体中获得的好感度一直高于转基因生物。我们的情感分析表明，社交媒体中的好感度尤其积极，在我们 5 年的分析中，许多月度好感度接近 100%。因此，我们认为，根据目前的趋势，科学界可以谨慎乐观地认为，基因编辑将被公众接受，并能够实现其承诺，为未来全球粮食安全和环境可持续性做出重大贡献。不过，最近也有一些迹象表明，基因编辑技术的发展呈持续下降趋势，这可能会引起人们的担忧。

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Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Biotechnology

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8.10

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10.30%

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期刊介绍： GM Crops & Food - Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain aims to publish high quality research papers, reviews, and commentaries on a wide range of topics involving genetically modified (GM) crops in agriculture and genetically modified food. The journal provides a platform for research papers addressing fundamental questions in the development, testing, and application of transgenic crops. The journal further covers topics relating to socio-economic issues, commercialization, trade and societal issues. GM Crops & Food aims to provide an international forum on all issues related to GM crops, especially toward meaningful communication between scientists and policy-makers. GM Crops & Food will publish relevant and high-impact original research with a special focus on novelty-driven studies with the potential for application. The journal also publishes authoritative review articles on current research and policy initiatives, and commentary on broad perspectives regarding genetically modified crops. The journal serves a wide readership including scientists, breeders, and policy-makers, as well as a wider community of readers (educators, policy makers, scholars, science writers and students) interested in agriculture, medicine, biotechnology, investment, and technology transfer. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: • Production and analysis of transgenic crops • Gene insertion studies • Gene silencing • Factors affecting gene expression • Post-translational analysis • Molecular farming • Field trial analysis • Commercialization of modified crops • Safety and regulatory affairs BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • Biofuels • Data from field trials • Development of transformation technology • Elimination of pollutants (Bioremediation) • Gene silencing mechanisms • Genome Editing • Herbicide resistance • Molecular farming • Pest resistance • Plant reproduction (e.g., male sterility, hybrid breeding, apomixis) • Plants with altered composition • Tolerance to abiotic stress • Transgenesis in agriculture • Biofortification and nutrients improvement • Genomic, proteomic and bioinformatics methods used for developing GM cops ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES • Commercialization • Consumer attitudes • International bodies • National and local government policies • Public perception, intellectual property, education, (bio)ethical issues • Regulation, environmental impact and containment • Socio-economic impact • Food safety and security • Risk assessments