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This paper examines how trust has been reconfigured in cybersecurity over the past 30 years, arguing that a ‘post-trust’ logic is increasingly shaping both technical architectures and organisational practices. Drawing […]
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Journalists’ social media use is a recent example of long-standing gaps between journalistic discourse and journalistic practice. This manuscript applies the sociological concept of rationalization to explain the persistence of […]
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What role does listening play in the minds of American citizens? We test key theoretical ideas about listening in contemporary US politics: that listening should be a part of a […]
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This study introduces a novel approach to understanding audience attitudes toward news media by applying network analysis, conceptualizing them as interconnected networks of cognitive and affective evaluations. Using survey data […]
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Perceived source credibility is fundamental to effective science communication. Recent years, however, have seen science become polarized and expert authority erode, complicating the notion that credibility equals persuasion. Two experiments […]
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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 […]
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Effective science communication is essential to bridge the gap between science and the public, especially regarding complex, highly politicized topics such as climate mobility. This study examines the effectiveness of […]
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Medical consensus is a critical element in deriving and substantiating evidence-based approaches to guide patient communication and care delivery. However, in recent years, mistrust in medicine—and in science more broadly—has […]
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Trust is one of the most important constructs for understanding the adoption of information technologies (IT). In this paper, we review and analyze two literatures on the construct of human […]
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The present study addresses the need for longitudinal research on the relationship between political dissatisfaction and the media. By distinguishing between democratically legitimate and illegitimate forms of dissatisfaction, this paper […]
