The dissemination and control of information are indispensable ingredients of violent
conflict, with all parties involved in a conflict or at war seeking to frame the discussion on …

Misinformation can undermine a well-functioning democracy. For example, public
misconceptions about climate change can lead to lowered acceptance of the reality of …

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …

Although nearly all domain experts agree that carbon dioxide emissions are altering the
world's climate, segments of the public remain unconvinced by the scientific evidence …

An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies, Second Edition reflects the latest
advances in the field while continuing to provide students with a road map to the complex …

Despite the fact that there is a 97% consensus among climate scientists that humans are
causing global warming, the spread of misinformation continues to undermine public …

Vested interests and political agents have long opposed political or regulatory action in
response to climate change by appealing to scientific uncertainty. Here we examine the …

This article reviews current research on informal science learning through news media.
Based on a descriptive model of media-based science communication we distinguish …

The present research report and survey findings are part of a larger research program and
initiative. Ideally this report would be read in conjunction with the more encompassing …

This article utilizes the ongoing debates over the role of certain agricultural insecticides in
causing Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)—the phenomenon of accelerated bee die-offs in …