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James Newman
ENC2135
23 March 2017
Annotated Bibliography
Alesci, Cristina. Monsanto CEO Frustrated over Polarized GMO Debate. CNNMoney, Cable
Cristina Alescis article is set up in an interview like fashion with the Chief Executive
Officer of one of the most controversial companies on the global market, Monsanto.
Alesci brings in many different issues into the topic for reasons this company has such a
This source gets the feelings of the leader of the genetically modified food movement
which is highly useful because it allows the reader to get the pro side from no better
source. This relates to the public perception in the younger generation because it is very
easily conveyed Hugh Grant, Monsanto CEO, wants to change his company's relationship
This source holds a lot of credibility because not only does it come from the reputable
source of CNN but also does not have a lot of biases towards the topic which allows one
Hugh Grant gives the reader a good amount of insight into the next steps Monsanto wants
to take, which reveals that he does not want the debate about GMOs to be so highly
polarized. The strength of this article is that it brings in arguments against Monsanto but
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does it in a way that does not attack the other side but lets the reader decide how he or she
wants to use the other sides disagreements. A weakness however is that this article is
very limited because of its short length and does not get in depth enough to really make
progress in the debate, especially when one has a chance to discuss with such a powerful
Bittman, Mark. GMO Poll Results (and More). The New York Times, The New York Times,
This is a column written by the highly respected source, Mark Bittman, from the New
York Times in response of an independent poll to find the general feeling of the presence
of genetically modified foods in their everyday meals. The results were not very kind to
Sources like this one present a direct poll exactly on what the research topic is involving
education and how that would change ideas of GMOs. This poll though is just a baseline
because it does leave out the educational part needed but gives directly the numbers on the
This source credibility lies in the fact that Bittman is a highly educated individual who is
giving his educated opinion which can be held to higher standard. He is not someone who
is uneducatedly sitting in one's garage righting a status update on facebook. Even then he
is very biased in this debate when he speaks of the poll but the poll is an excellent source
because it comes straight from social media, Twitter and Facebook, and with the high
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response rates to polls conducted like this one, the reader can not very easily get much
The strengths of this blog post is that poll it speaks of comes directly from the general
public that is most interested in this topic and with such a high response rate, the results
can be trusted. However there are always biases that need to be examined with polls,
because the New York Times has a very specific audience and that audience would be the
majority of who even sees the poll to begin with. If there is to be use of the comments
made by Bittman they cannot be held to much use because of how obvious and evident his
Genetically Modified Food: Review and Implications for Food Policy. Food Policy, vol.
23 Feb. 2017.
This is another article that delves deeper into the issue with consumer acceptance of
GMOs. This journal entry also uses many different studies and uses them to analyze the
This source is extremely credible and reliable because it comes from a peer reviewed
science journal that tries its best to remain unbiased and only present the facts.
This is relevant to the research question because it gives the reader a lengthy explanation
What is so interesting and also a strength of this journal entry is that it looks at how the
studies are presented to the public and how they are used to push an agenda that is unfair
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to the education of the public. However this journal does leave out many background
Frewer, Lynn J., et al. Public Perceptions of Agri-Food Applications of Genetic Modification
In the scientific journal, Trends in Food Science and Technology, it is no surprise that a
number of their articles pertain to genetically modified organisms, and more specifically
the general publics opinion on this controversial topic. This specific volume complies
articles from all around the world and varies the times in which the articles where written.
This was done to acquire a global map of perceptions of the topic at hand.
This relates to the topic because it takes perceptions to a global scale which can be hard to
achieve when only looks at American sources. This also shows how perception changes
Trends in Food Science & Technology is a peer reviewed international journal that is there
mainly to present unbiased information and pursue the advancement of science in todays
One of the main strengths of this source is the worldly view that helps erase biases that
can arise when research is compiled in an isolated small study pool. However, a weakness
is that when a study is conducted globally it is near impossible to come up with the source
of findings on a local cultural level by only looking at this specific article. What is most
interesting is in what is analyzed it reveals that the issue on GMOs is extremely complex
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and quite frankly is a first world problem because areas in the eastern world do not have
the choice to go and buy very expensive organic foods to feed themselves and their
families.
Giddings, Val. Mandatory. Mandatory "GMO" Labeling Proposals Are Failing Despite
%E2%80%9D-labeling-proposals-are-failing-despite-unprecedented-efforts. Accessed 18
Mar. 2017.
Grunert, K. G. Food Quality and Safety: Consumer Perception and Demand. European
Review of Agricultural Economics, vol. 32, no. 3, Jan. 2005, pp. 369391. Oxford
This particular article not only looks at genetically modified food but also biotechnology
that is a whole other division of engineering nature to our needs. This study is more
narrowly based in that it only focuses on isolated states in the United States and major
This article is so beneficial because to understand the makings and uses of genetically
modified foods, one has to look at the whole picture and today biotechnology must be
included in that picture, which this journal brings into question. What this study brings in
particular to the research question is the before and after results in this study; before
consumers where educated they demanded a high compensation to risk their health to
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consume GMOs, but once they were educated on many of the benefits that biotechnology
and GMOs bring especially to third world countries, that compensation dropped
significantly.
highly respected database from Oxford Academic, one of the best universities in Europe.
Even though this study brought forth the misconceptions people may have about the
engineering and altering of what is put on our plates, one weakness is it still failed to
educate on all the unknowns in the long term effects of such a major change in the way we
eat. The main strength is that the whole study revolves around the research question and
Noussair, Charles, et al. Do Consumers Really Refuse To Buy Genetically Modified Food?
*.The Economic Journal, vol. 114, no. 492, 2004, pp. 102120. Wiley Online Library ,
This source goes extremely in depth to the debate of genetically modified foods and gets
deeply into the misconceptions help by the public in the western world and western media.
Once again this study finds a high amount of opposition to the genetic debate even though
This journal will help the discussion of the research question because it also gives a
feelings.
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The journal entry in discussion is very useful because of its credibility coming from a high
admired database from the Wiley Online Library in which this source is peer reviewed.
However with reading the source the author almost comes off as mad at the idiocy of the
public which can only be looked at as a form of bias and hurts the integrity of this entry.
The strength of this article is the full breadth of the issue it discusses and leaves no room
for left out arguments and even goes into very interesting trends in taboo controversies
that have shown themselves throughout the years. Unfortunately, the author shows too
much of a bais and anger to the topic just in the intro which can already set a jaded view to
Potrykus, Ingo. Golden Rice, a GMO-Product for Public Good, and the Consequences
of GE-Regulation. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, vol. 21, no. S1,
The Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology presents a strongly pro sided entry
on the debate of GMOs which talks about the infamous golden rice. This rice is heavily
genetically modified but is saving countless lives in many eastern countries that have high
Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology is peer reviewed and a very reliable
This journal is crucial to understanding the research question because it is hard to find in
the western media a mostly unbiased pro GMO article that does not come from genetic
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companies. This is the education people need to have to truly understand that the world
The strength of this article is that it helps to educate the general public on this
controversial issue, but that is also the weakness that people are so polarized that they will
ignore this article because of the confirmation bias people have grown up with in this
western society.
Grure, Guillaume P., and Mark W. Rosegrant. Assessing the Implementation Effects of the
of Agricultural Economics, vol. 30, no. 2, 2008, pp. 214232. Agricultural & Applied
This journal entry discusses the implications of the stringent laws passed against genetic
engineering companies and the issues this places for the advancement of research of
GMOs.
This source is highly credible because it comes from a peer reviewed science journal.
This relates to the research question because it is so relevant in the debate of GMOs. With
such strong regulations on genetic engineering companies, there will be no benefits and
This is such a strong article because it is another one that works to destroy misconceptions
of the general public that think they are solving the problem but are only causing a much
bigger one. A weakness to this journal is that it is very hard to reach and extremely lengthy
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and the majority of the general public will not take the time to read and understand the full
The Editors. Labels for GMO Foods Are a Bad Idea. The Sciences, Scientific American , 8
The main point of this article is the problematic use of mandatory GMO labeling. One of
the issues it points out is that humans have been genetically modifying foods by natural
selection since the beginning of agriculture. Also it points out the very useful information
that labeling will only polarize more the feelings to GMOs without the proper education.
This shines a light on what people think will solve the problem of public perception
however it does so by only making it once, so this article points out a huge issue in one of
This article is very credible because it comes from an independent incorporation that
seeks to educate the public and because it is so recent and relevant to the current debate.
This is such a strong source because GMO labeling seems to be such a simple answer to a
complex problem but in reality it only sets the public back farther in the problem. This
article is so interesting because it seems to initially take the side of big companies like
Monsanto on the issue but with further reading it only is there to educate the public more