 Framing public engagement: A critical discourse analysis of GM Nation?Arif Attar and Audley Genus Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2014, vol. 88, issue C, 241-250 Abstract: The shift towards more democratic and ‘engaged’ processes of public participation in the governance of science and technology owes much to a deepening crisis of trust in experts and a crisis of legitimation surrounding institutions of modernity. However, previous research has neglected relations of power and domination within national level public engagement exercises. The paper employs critical discourse analysis (CDA) to examine these issues as they pertain to the case of the GM Nation? exercise held in the UK in 2003 on the possible commercialisation of GM (genetically modified) crops. CDA is concerned with the ideological effects of texts — the effects of texts in creating, sustaining and transforming ideologies. The analysis suggests that the GM Nation? debate reproduced and reinforced a structure which stabilised around a neo-liberal economic discourse. The implications of this for policy and practice relating to public engagement in science and technology decision-making are identified. Keywords: Critical discourse analysis; GM Nation; Public engagement; Science and society; Technological innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:88:y:2014:i:c:p:241-250 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.07.005 Access Statistics for this article Technological Forecasting and Social Change is currently edited by Fred Phillips More articles in Technological Forecasting and Social Change from Elsevier |
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