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'Not for me': Reasons for (non)participation in science communication activities on Artificial Intelligence in the Netherlands. “不适合我”：荷兰（不）参加人工智能科学传播活动的原因。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-09-28 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261486785

Anne M Dijkstra, Pien Spanjaard

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Vaccine framing dynamics: Media influence, social media sharing, and public sensemaking during a crisis. 疫苗框架动力学：危机期间的媒体影响、社会媒体分享和公众意义。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-09-28 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261477232

Austin Y Hubner

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Commercial entanglements and online visibility: University priorities and the making of scientific legitimacy. 商业纠集和网络知名度：大学的优先事项和科学合法性的形成。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-09-15 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261475481

Alexis Walker, Hanna Goldberg

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Communicating scientific uncertainty: Exploring science journalists' understandings, challenges, and strategies. 传播科学的不确定性：探索科学记者的理解、挑战和策略。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-09-15 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261484418

Finja Isabel Augsburg, Fabian Prochazka, Eva Thomm, Johannes Bauer

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Worldviews and public attitudes toward gene-edited foods in Japan. 日本对基因编辑食品的世界观和公众态度。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-09-04 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261479618

Tomiko Yamaguchi, Ildeung Na

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Apolitical referee or geopolitical actor? How artificial intelligence's national-origin labels shape credibility in politicized science communication. 政治裁判还是地缘政治行动者？人工智能的国籍标签如何在政治化的科学传播中塑造可信度。

IF 4.3 2区文学

Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-28 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261477314

Junyi Chen, Weixi Zeng, Yi Mou

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The structural contingency model of trust: When variability in perceived trustworthiness of scientists signals critical support. 信任的结构权变模型：当科学家感知到的可信赖度变化表明关键支持时。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-25 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261475515

Tenzin Tamang

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Stop pushing junk science! User corrections of misinformation in science are common and sophisticated. 停止推动垃圾科学！在科学中，用户纠正错误信息是常见而复杂的。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-22 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261470329

Tuomas Heikkilä

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Sciences perceived as precise and consensual are more trusted. 科学被认为是精确和共识的，更值得信任。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-11 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261471051

Jan Pfänder, Hugo Mercier

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Measuring the crisis: Quantification-based legitimizations of public health measures and their temporal, factual, and political-social critique during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. 衡量危机：基于量化的公共卫生措施合法化及其在德国COVID-19大流行期间的时间、事实和政治社会批评。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261471407

Fabian Brand

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