Testing Public (Un)Certainty of Science

By J. Corbett, J. L. Durfee. 2004

301 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Ronald E. Rice
2. C. Cooper
3. Eric Merkley
4. Dominik A. Stecuła
5. Abel Gustafson

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Ronald E. Rice
2. C. Cooper
3. Eric Merkley
4. Dominik A. Stecuła
5. Abel Gustafson

Citations in the corpus

• Framing Climate Change: Economics, Ideology, and Uncertainty in American News Media Content From 1988 to 2014 (2019, background): “Presenting a scientific consensus as a debate confuses the public on the state of the science and, in the case of climate change, possibly reduces support for climate action (Friedman et al., 1999; Corbett and Durfee, 2004; Koehler, 2016; McCright et al., 2016).”
• The Effects of Uncertainty Frames in Three Science Communication Topics (2019, background): “…to date have directly compared the effects of different uncertainty types to each other (Binder, Hillback, & Brossard, 2016; Clarke et al., 2015; Corbett & Durfee, 2004; Kuhn, 2000; Rabinovich & Morton, 2012), but each is limited by methodological and conceptual issues, and none of them…”
• Media Literacy as a Key Strategy Toward Improving Public Acceptance of Climate Change Science (2011, background): “Laypeople typically view all scientific viewpoints as equally valid, and therefore naturally value a “skeptical scientist’s viewpoint,” which also resonates with the desire to maintain the status quo until uncertainty is resolved (Corbett and Durfee 2004).”