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    1. An instrument for assessing scientists' written skills in public communication of science

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Baram-Tsabari, Ayelet (author) and Lewenstein, Bruce V. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D06483
    Journal Title:
    Science Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    35(1) : 56-85

    2. The Effects of Uncertainty Frames in Three Science Communication Topics

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Gustafson, Abel (author), Rice, Ronald E. (author), and Yale University University of California Santa Barbara
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-08-30
    Published:
    United States: SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: D11240
    Journal Title:
    Science Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    41(6) : 679-706
    Notes:
    28 pages, via online journal, While uncertainty is central to science, many fear negative effects of communicating scientific uncertainties to the public, though research results about such effects are inconsistent. Therefore, we test the effects of four distinct uncertainty frame types (deficient, technical, scientific, consensus) on three outcomes (belief, credibility, behavioral intentions) across three science issues (climate change, GMO food labeling, machinery hazards) with an experiment using a national sample (N = 2,247) approximating U.S. census levels of age, education, and gender. We find portraying scientific findings using uncertainty frames usually does not have significant effects, with an occasional exception being small negative effects of consensus uncertainty.