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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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This study examines the relationship between different information consumption patterns and COVID-19-related outcomes in Oman. A total of 759 participants completed a cross-sectional survey from September to October 2020 that […]
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This study examines how community-based organizations (CBOs) in a large city in the northeast United States helped to bridge potential gaps in their community members’ access to and use of […]
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This study was designed to test two message features (autonomy support and evidence type) found in clinical trial recruitment videos on social media. Using an online experiment in which 606 […]
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In recent U.S. election cycles, elite-driven disinformation has fueled public confusion about voting requirements and eroded confidence that votes are counted accurately, with notable partisan gaps. Declining voter confidence threatens […]
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Constituents participate in public meetings to influence the policy-making process. But do officials listen equally to engaged citizens in these meetings? Using non-verbal cues as indicators of listening, this study […]
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The local news crisis in the United States has raised concerns about accountability in state and local government. But existing research has provided only indirect evidence that the decline of […]
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For this special issue on democratic listening, we review the quantitative findings of interpersonal listening research. Though such studies were not conducted in a political context, we show how they […]
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Politicians on social media curate the flow of information their followers are exposed to, and they share news as a way to do so. Previous research has shown that they […]
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Internet voting is considered a crucial potential technological innovation, and scholars agree that trust plays a key role for its adoption and use by citizens. But which type of trust […]
