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This paper studies two series of critical incidents involving news content producers who have been described as conspiracy theorists and who, in various ways, seek to seize some professional attributes […]
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Social media and mediators have influenced social movements worldwide in recent years, forming networks of connected and concerned public. Likewise, the Facebook-based Quota Reform Movement of 2024 in Bangladesh escalated […]
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Social media platforms have been using warning labels to alert users of misinformation. Although research has shown that flagging can be effective in reducing the perceived credibility of false information, […]
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Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains […]
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This study examines how coastal community residents in Mississippi and Alabama gather information during severe weather events, focusing on the role of media, alternative information sources, and barriers to effective […]
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Disinformation often features reputable sources to boost false information’s credibility, but does this deceptive source misattribution shape its spread on personal messaging? In a preregistered between-subjects survey experiment on U.K. […]
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Socially robust knowledge is scientific knowledge accepted by society for its contextual relevance. Citizen science, involving non-professional scientists, offers a promising approach to developing such knowledge. This study examines how […]
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Intermediaries such as (digital) media use trust cues in their content, that is, information and linguistic markers that present public audiences reasons for trusting scientists, scientific organizations, and the science […]
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Recent research examines how the transformational experience of the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes trust in science, expertise and public institutions in its aftermath. This article extends this scholarship by asking how […]
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Trust in science is both a goal and prerequisite for science communication. While participatory methods are claimed to build this trust, supporting evidence remains limited. In an online experiment (N […]
