Trust in science and the science of trust

F Hendriks, D Kienhues, R Bromme - … in a digitized world: Models and …, 2016 - Springer
When risky technologies are debated in the media or when cases of scientific misconduct
are made public, inevitable discussions arise about public loss of trust in science. However …

Predicting public trust in science: The role of basic orientations toward science, perceived trustworthiness of scientists, and experiences with science

F Wintterlin, F Hendriks, NG Mede… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Scientists (and science as a whole) provide evidence and advice for societal problem
solving and collective decision-making. For this advice to be heard, the public must be …

[PDF][PDF] Mediated Trust in Science: Concept, Measurement and Perspectives for the" Science of Science Communication"

MS Schäfer - JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 2016 - zora.uzh.ch
Trust in science is, to a considerable extent, the outcome of communication. News and
online media in particular are important mediators of trust in science. So far, however …

Risk, communication and trust: Towards an emotional understanding of trust

E Engdahl, R Lidskog - Public understanding of science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Current discussions on public trust, as well as on risk communication, have a restricted
rationalistic bias in which the cognitive-reflexive aspect of trust is emphasized at the …

What are you assessing when you measure “trust” in scientists with a direct measure?

JC Besley, LA Tiffany - Public Understanding of Science, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This article analyzes three publicly available datasets focused on trust in science and
scientists. It specifically seeks to understand what direct measures of trust (ie questions that …

Trust, expertise, and the philosophy of science

KP Whyte, RP Crease - Synthese, 2010 - Springer
Trust is a central concept in the philosophy of science. We highlight how trust is important in
the wide variety of interactions between science and society. We claim that examining and …

Science communication and the issue of trust

P Weingart, L Guenther - Journal of Science communication, 2016 - jcom.sissa.it
Science communication, whether internally or to the general public depends on trust, both
trust in the source and trust in the medium of communication. With the new 'ecology of …

The role of media and deference to scientific authority in cultivating trust in sources of information about emerging technologies

AA Anderson, DA Scheufele… - … Journal of Public …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Who individuals trust for information on highly technical or scientific issues is an important
issue in contemporary risk society in which social change and technological developments …

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 …

The entanglement of trust and knowledge on the Web

J Simon - Ethics and Information Technology, 2010 - Springer
In this paper I use philosophical accounts on the relationship between trust and knowledge
in science to apprehend this relationship on the Web. I argue that trust and knowledge are …