The effects of communicating uncertainty on public trust in facts and numbers

AM Van Der Bles, S van der Linden… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Uncertainty is inherent to our knowledge about the state of the world yet often not
communicated alongside scientific facts and numbers. In the “posttruth” era where facts are …

Communicating uncertainty about facts, numbers and science

AM Van Der Bles, S Van Der Linden… - Royal Society …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Uncertainty is an inherent part of knowledge, and yet in an era of contested expertise, many
shy away from openly communicating their uncertainty about what they know, fearful of their …

The effects of uncertainty frames in three science communication topics

A Gustafson, RE Rice - Science Communication, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
While uncertainty is central to science, many fear negative effects of communicating
scientific uncertainties to the public, though research results about such effects are …

A review of the effects of uncertainty in public science communication

A Gustafson, RE Rice - Public Understanding of Science, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Uncertainty is inherent to science and science communication. However, the evidence
appears mixed regarding whether portraying uncertainty in science communication has …

Intermediate levels of scientific knowledge are associated with overconfidence and negative attitudes towards science

S Lackner, F Francisco, C Mendonça, A Mata… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Overconfidence is a prevalent problem and it is particularly consequential in its relation with
scientific knowledge: being unaware of one's own ignorance can affect behaviours and …

Factual accuracy and trust in information: The role of expertise

T Lucassen, JM Schraagen - Journal of the American Society …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few decades, the task of judging the credibility of information has shifted from
trained professionals (eg, editors) to end users of information (eg, casual Internet users) …

Whose science do you believe? Explaining trust in sources of scientific information about the environment

PR Brewer, BL Ley - Science Communication, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Given that trust plays a key role in the communication of scientific information about the
environment to the public, this study examines what explains trust in specific sources of such …

[引用][C] Intention and uncertainty

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Communicating scientific uncertainty: Media effects on public engagement with science

A Retzbach, M Maier - Communication Research, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Scientific results are always afflicted with some uncertainty, especially where emerging
technologies are concerned. While there are normative and practical reasons to call for an …

In consensus we trust? Persuasive effects of scientific consensus communication

S Chinn, DS Lane, PS Hart - Public Understanding of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Scholars have recently suggested that communicating levels of scientific consensus (eg the
percentage of scientists who agree about human-caused climate change) can shift public …