{"id":389,"date":"2008-01-27T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/01\/27\/framing-genetically-modified-food\/"},"modified":"2010-02-26T04:38:11","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T09:38:11","slug":"framing-genetically-modified-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/01\/27\/framing-genetically-modified-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Framing Genetically-Modified Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The coining of the term &#8220;frankenfood&#8221; to refer to genetically-modified (GM) \u00a0food is an excellent example of the way in which words matter. As of today, a search for the word in google returns about 57,000 hits. It&#8217;s been quite an effective frame for the anti-GM food activists. Here are some examples of their work:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/blogger2wp\/32GMFood-Frankenfood.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160327336007951554\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/blogger2wp\/65432GMFood-Frankenfood.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/blogger2wp\/2GMFood-Frankenfood.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160327245813638322\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/blogger2wp\/432GMFood-Frankenfood.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/blogger2wp\/GMFood-Frankenfood.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160327185684096162\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/blogger2wp\/2GMFood-Frankenfood.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In her dissertation, <a href=\"http:\/\/abbykinchy.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Kinchy<\/a> discussed the way in which anti-GM food activists invented and used these frames to build support for their movement.\u00a0 In reality, though, (1) we&#8217;ve been genetically modifying food by other means for centuries (through cultivation) and (2) there is little evidence (yet) that such foods are all that dangerous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Sources, in order, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenacresfarm.com\/comic_relief.htm\">Green Acres Farm<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterzine.com\/200104\/curse.html\">Monsterzine<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/articles\/03\/10\/31_gmo.html\">Democratic Underground<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coining of the term &#8220;frankenfood&#8221; to refer to genetically-modified (GM) \u00a0food is an excellent example of the way in which words matter. As of today, a search for the word in google returns about 57,000 hits. It&#8217;s been quite an effective frame for the anti-GM food activists. 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