Publications

Publication details [#39304]

Cook, Guy, Elisa Pieri and Peter T. Robbins. 2004. ‘The Scientists Think and the Public Feels’: Expert Perceptions of the Discourse of GM Food. Discourse & Society 15 (4) : 433–449.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse strategy | language choice | scientific discussion

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper examines and discusses language choices and communication strategies of ‘experts’ and ‘ nonexperts’ in new technology debates, such as the crop and food genetic modification (GM) debate.