Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24348
Notes:
162 pages., Focuses on the language being used by politicians, scientists, journalists and companies regarding genetic modification of plants. Examines "how language shapes, and can be used to manipulate, our opinions."
Hunter, Karla M. Larson (author / University of Oklahoma), Thompson, Sharlene R. (author / University of Oklahoma), Bethea, Lisa Sparks (author / George Mason University), and Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2003-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 128 Document Number: C19215
Notes:
9 pages; Prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Kansas City, MO
Online from publisher. 3 pages., In this commentary, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Food and Farming argues that the "dirty dozen" list published annually by the Environmental Working Group is "scientifically unsupportable, negatively impacts consumers and it is insulting to farmers and farm workers working hard every day to provide produce to consumers." She says, "If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is that science (not rhetoric or false claims) needs to guide our health and safety choices."
