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Casual recommendations for scientists to “be human” and to “bring the public alongside the scientific process” have generated plethora of such interactions on social media. This study explores different self-presentation […]
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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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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 […]
