A survey on the public knowledge of genetically modified food

Question 1. Have you heard of genetically modified food?

Question 2. Where did you learn about genetically modified food?

Question 3. Which one(s) is(are) commonly genetically modified according to your knowledge?

Question 4. The proportion of GM food in your daily consumption

Question 5. What is your attitude towards GM food, and why?

Analysis

Media preference dominant public opinion on GM food.As can be seen in the pictures, a rather large proportion of the participants receive information concerning GM food through TV programs, magazines, newspapers, and the internet, which means the news agencies behind these information terminals have a large role to play in terms of public awareness.

The competitiveness of GM food mainly comes from its price and quality.According to the GM food supporters, the main competitiveness of GM food come from its prices and its nutritional advantages due to genetic engineering. These people have a deeper understanding of GM food, and they even can tell me why GM food can be sold at a much cheaper price (like the reduction on the use of pesticides).

Logic trap -- Harmful till proven safe.Not a single scientist have the courage to make a universal affirmative judgment on the safety of GM food, leaving it to a suspended problem so that media can build their ‘imaginations’ upon. And to the public the best way possible is to assume GM food to be harmful until clearly proven safe.