本文將從比較的角度,分析德國與台灣媒體相關基因科技之「風險論述」,並配合特定歷史事件及脈絡,探討其相同及相異之處。同時,進一步試圖窺探相對於全球性風湧雲起反基因科技風險運動的發展,台灣社會所缺乏對高科技風險的警醒回應之因;以典型的在地化環境、消費運動而言,社會中的知識份子,尤其集中於都會中以知識菁英為領導取向的公民團體,經常是台灣生態、消費運動鼓吹、行動的主體(以同樣是高科技風險的核四案、拒煙案為例),因此,筆者的問題意識便是,為何面對基因科技(食品)所形成的在地化風險卻呈現出實踐的缺口,什麼是其系統性的原因?而其又鑲箝在何種特殊的社會關係和脈絡傳統?因此也檢討到了西方主流風險社會理論的解釋效度,反省其所產生的理論缺口。事實上,向此種在地化風險實踐與理論上的缺口,似乎可以理解到基因科技風險的複雜性遠高於它者,而此將導致後進國家遲滯型的風險問題更加嚴重。
This article will comparatively analyze genetic risk discourse in Taiwan's and German media by virtue of historical events and contexts. Meanwhile, the author asks what is the reason that Taiwan's society is still lack of response to high-tech risk in comparative of global ongoing against-genetic risk movement. In typical local environment and consumer movement take the intellectual important role, especially the intellectual elite organized civil group are always the actor, for example in case of against nuclear high-tech risk or against smoking movement. Accordingly, the thesis is which systematic causes leads to practical gap of against genetic risk in local place, and in which particular social relationship and context it really embeds. Therefore, it reflects the theoretical explanation effect and gap of western theory of risk society. Actually, according to the comparative reflective thinking about theoretical and practical gap of local risk movement, we can deeply realize the very complexity of genetic risk causes more serious risks in the delayed advanced country.