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Science and Communication: A Comparative study of Bt. Brinjal Controversy with Agora, Greek (Greece)

Author Affiliations

  • 1Gandhinagar, India

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 14, Issue (2), Pages 1-4, April,14 (2025)

Abstract

With the Peoples Science Movement (PSM) in India, citizens have come out better organized. They acknowledged that knowledge is power and sought science, technology, and research to generate information that they could offer their children or grandchildren. Today, media has enabled citizens to access information previously stored in information warehouses or libraries. Today, the citizen’s role has gone beyond spectatorship or consumption to the need to participate as a scientist, a man of knowledge with technical skills for survival. Using science and technology tools, people can now participate in decision-making processes and create community changes previously left only to experts. This study evaluates the controversy surrounding the BtBrinjal, which emerged in India in 2009, with the Modern Agora (forum, participation and interactivity). The study finds that the efforts carried out in bringing consensus followed the same path of an agora where citizens from all sections of society- media persons, politicians, farmers, scientists, and activists engaged in consultation under science and technology, were engaged for its closure- a model designed to enhance public acceptance of science and technology by policymakers in the country.

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