Certainly uncertainty: Communicating uncertainty in science museums

Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI:10.31219/osf.io/fxved
Marlene Sophie Altenmüller, Johannes Stark, Sonja Schlegl, Kerstin Englhardt, Petra Dengl, Wiebke Henning, Julia Bloemer, Mario Gollwitzer
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Science museums face the challenge of communicating the inherent uncertainties of science without risking the public’s trust and interest in science. Here, we investigated potential museum visitors’ (N = 466) reception and support for such uncertainty communication by combining an experimental and survey approach as well as quantitative and qualitative data. First, we experimentally manipulated whether historic consensus uncertainty was communicated (a) not at all, (b) incidentally, or (c) explicitly. Uncertainty neither affected visitors’ trust nor interest in the presented information, in a hypothetical exhibition, or in science in general, or their attitudes towards current scientific debates. Second, we asked participants directly about their opinion towards uncertainty communication in science museums, revealing overwhelmingly positive attitudes and 12 times as many statements in support of (vs. against) communicating uncertainty in science exhibitions. These findings suggest that potential museum visitors’ do not only tolerate but actively support uncertainty communication in science museums.
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肯定的不确定性:科学博物馆中的不确定性交流
科学博物馆面临的挑战是在不损害公众对科学的信任和兴趣的情况下,传达科学固有的不确定性。在这里,我们通过实验和调查相结合的方法,以及定量和定性的数据,调查了潜在的博物馆参观者(N = 466)对这种不确定性交流的接受和支持。首先,我们通过实验操纵了历史共识不确定性是否被(a)完全没有传达,(b)偶然地传达,或(c)明确地传达。不确定性既不影响参观者对所呈现的信息的信任和兴趣,也不影响他们对假想展览或一般科学的兴趣,也不影响他们对当前科学辩论的态度。其次,我们直接询问参与者对科学博物馆中不确定性传播的看法,结果显示绝大多数人持积极态度,支持(反对)科学展览中不确定性传播的人数是支持(反对)的12倍。这些发现表明,潜在的博物馆游客不仅容忍而且积极支持科学博物馆的不确定性交流。
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