Abstract: The debate about genetically modified food between Fang Zhouzi and Cui Yongyuan continues today, caused the wide attention of Internet users. The research analyzed the comments of the debate to find out the changes of public attitude and comprehension. It can be found that the general public attitudes towards gm food gradually clear and emotional. With the expanding of the effects of the events, majority of internet users stood the opposite side with little understanding of gm food. The discussion is short of experts and scholars and the encoding process of media did not balance with the decoding way of public, which are the reality worth to pay attention when we face controversial scientific problems.

摘要： 崔永元和方舟子关于转基因食品的论争，引起了网民的广泛关注。通过分析网民对腾讯微博中崔方转基因食品安全争议的评论，透析公众对转基因食品的态度和认知的变化。研究发现公众对于转基因食品的态度逐渐显著，公众对事件的态度流露出的多为情绪化、非理性的态度，甚至参与到方、崔的争论中。随着事件的升级和影响的扩大，民众对转基因更多的态度是建立在对转基因食品不了解的基础上的反对态度。数据反映出专家学者观点的缺少，编码—解码过程中媒体观点和民众产生的差异，都是面对争议性科学问题传播时值得关注的现实。