Most Americans are wary of industry-funded research

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Johnson, Courtney (author)
    Format:
    Research report
    Publication Date:
    2019
    URL:
    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019.10.04/most-americans-are-wary-of-industry-funded-research/
    Published:
    USA: Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11400
    Subject Term:
    consumers, credibility (sources), finance, food, gender, government, interest groups, knowledge, knowledge level, politics, public attitudes, research, research communication, scientific communication, scientists, tobacco, science communication, trust, adults, climate, open access, climate change, and industry
    Notes:
    4 pages., Online via website., Results of a national survey among U.S. adults indicated: "A majority of Americans are skeptical of the impact that industry funding has on scientific research and on the recommendations made by practitioners ... The public is somewhat more positive - though still ambivalent - about the effects of government funding on research and practitioner recommendations."

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