ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on analyzing discussions related to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) on Twitter, with a specific focus on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories. The authors collected and analyzed 1,048,274 English tweets related to GMOs between January 2020 and December 2022 using the Twitter API. The tweets were subjected to topical and sentiment analysis to identify the prevalent themes and attitudes toward GMOs. 30.92% of the tweets in the observed period were negative, 21.65% were neutral, and 47.43% were positive. The authors identified four clusters of tweets associated with misinformation or conspiracy theories: GMOs and vaccines, GMOs and COVID-19, GMOs and Monsanto, and GMOs and Bill Gates. The findings of this analysis can inform strategies for combating the spread of false information and conspiracies on social media and improve public understanding and trust in GMO technology.

摘要

本文重点分析 Twitter 上与转基因生物 (GMO) 相关的讨论，特别关注错误信息和阴谋论的传播。作者使用 Twitter API 收集并分析了 2020 年 1 月至 2022 年 12 月期间与转基因生物相关的 1,048,274 条英文推文。这些推文经过了话题和情感分析，以确定普遍的主题和对转基因生物的态度。观察期内，30.92% 的推文是负面的，21.65% 是中性的，47.43% 是正面的。作者确定了与错误信息或阴谋论相关的四组推文：转基因生物和疫苗、转基因生物和 COVID-19、转基因生物和孟山都、以及转基因生物和比尔·盖茨。这项分析的结果可以为打击社交媒体上虚假信息和阴谋的传播的策略提供信息，并提高公众对转基因技术的理解和信任。