Public (dis)trust in science in digital media environments

Nowadays, large parts of the population obtain information about science, technology, and topics such as climate change or COVID-19 online; this includes journalistic online media, but increasingly also social and other internet-based media. Digital media environments, especially social media, are characterized by a combination of interpersonal and mass-mediated communication; they provide heterogeneous content regarding actors, publics, and topics. Content critical of science, conspiracy narratives, and algorithm-curated information environments seem to be related to a so-called post-truth era and potentially negative consequences for public trust in science.

Reif, A., Guenther, L. and Yokoyama, H. M. (2024). Public (dis)trust in science in digital media environments JCOM 23(09), E. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23090501

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