Climate change presents a challenge at multiple levels: It challenges our cognitive abilities
because the effect of the accumulation of emissions is difficult to understand. Climate …

Uncertainty is inherent to science and science communication. However, the evidence
appears mixed regarding whether portraying uncertainty in science communication has …

As more people choose to get health information online, health-related topics continue to be
the target of misinformation. From targeted misinformation campaigns about the safety of …

Background A substantial minority of American adults continue to hold influential
misperceptions about childhood vaccine safety. Growing public concern and refusal to …

Media critics have expressed concern that journalistic “false balance” can distort the public's
perceptions of what ought to be noncontroversial subjects (eg, climate change). I report …

While uncertainty is central to science, many fear negative effects of communicating
scientific uncertainties to the public, though research results about such effects are …

Overlooked in analyses of why the public often rejects expert consensus is the role of the
news media. News coverage of expert consensus on general matters of policy is likely …

There are parallels, intersections, and contrasts between how theory and practice in the
public relations and science communication literatures have evolved. Given the need for …

Although most experts agree that vaccines do not cause autism, a considerable portion of
the American public believes in a link. In an experiment (N= 371), we identified journalistic …

Aim: Taking into account that a key determinant in public approval of vaccinations is how the
media constructs and frames messages about vaccination programmes, our aim is to review …