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"You can't challenge the narrative": Conservative-leaning New Zealanders on power, truth and politics in science. “你不能挑战叙事”：保守倾向的新西兰人谈科学中的权力、真相和政治。
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-29 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261470281
Alex Beattie, Natalia Albert, Shona Riddell
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"It's very not 'yes, and'": How scientists and science communicators deploy improvised comedy as a form of science communication. “这不是‘是的，而且’”：科学家和科学传播者如何将即兴喜剧作为一种科学传播形式。
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-12 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261450830
James A Dolan, Hauke Riesch, Oana-Catalina Mihai
{"title":"\"It's very not 'yes, and'\": How scientists and science communicators deploy improvised comedy as a form of science communication.","authors":"James A Dolan, Hauke Riesch, Oana-Catalina Mihai","doi":"10.1177/09636625261450830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625261450830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past few decades, explicitly humorous or comedic science communication initiatives have become increasingly prominent. Within this context, a number of scientists and science communicators have chosen to deploy improvised comedy (\"improv\") which incorporates and foregrounds science as a form of science communication. This study of a small selection of international science improv groups aims to better understand the emergence of science improv as a form of science communication, including who is creating science improv, for what purposes, and with what consequences. The research highlights the tension perceived by many scientists who perform science improv between an inherently spontaneous theatrical approach and the \"risks\" associated with uttering scientific mistruths, as well as the ways in which scientists have attempted to mitigate this tension by either avoiding scientific content or diluting the artistic commitments usually inherent to the improv medium (i.e. the principle of \"yes, and\").</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"9636625261450830"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148430511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Political polarization of trust in science. 对科学信任的政治两极分化。
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-08 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261458088
Byron Hyde
{"title":"Political polarization of trust in science.","authors":"Byron Hyde","doi":"10.1177/09636625261458088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625261458088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Contrary to widespread claims of a crisis in public trust in science, this article argues that recent pandemic-era trends reflect a long-term pattern of bilateral political polarization rather than a universal decline in scientific confidence. Recent empirical data show that trust and distrust in science have both increased - producing an apparent \"pandemic paradox\" - driven by ideological bias operating within gaps in public understanding. The study identifies a misunderstanding of how science works as the fundamental cause of politicized trust, where misconceptions create space for ideological bias to shape which claims individuals find credible. Critically, the article argues that existing interventions - improved science communication and increased science education - are insufficient. The core problem is not the quantity of science education but its type. Only by teaching the methodological and institutional limitations of science can the field depolarize public trust and build politically stable confidence in scientific institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"9636625261458088"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148406402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Communicating scientific findings with the public: The effects of phrasing on correcting health misconceptions. 与公众沟通科学发现：措辞对纠正健康误解的影响。
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-07 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261455611
Renee Hunsberger, Lisa Geraci, Jyotsna Vaid
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Science communication as a wicked problem: Revisiting the paradigms of deficits. 科学传播是一个邪恶的问题：重新审视缺陷的范例。
IF 4.3 2区 文学
Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-02 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261458663
Simone Rödder, Peter Weingart
{"title":"Science communication as a wicked problem: Revisiting the paradigms of deficits.","authors":"Simone Rödder, Peter Weingart","doi":"10.1177/09636625261458663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625261458663","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the persistent troubles in the relation of science and its publics through a sociological lens. It conceptualises science communication as a wicked problem, a systemic challenge involving boundary negotiations across differentiated social worlds. We then examine how actors themselves interpret this wicked situation. We find that multiple paradigms of deficits, that is, master discourses of narrating this wickedness as crises, have become prominent. Over time, these crises have centred on issues of knowledge, trust, participation, and, most recently, political action. Yet, earlier crisis discourses do not disappear; instead, they persist alongside their successors. In conclusion, we call for a reflexive approach that critically examines how actors' categories and discourses shape problem perception and communication strategies. The article advocates for avoiding normative allegiance to single master discourses and emphasises the importance of empirical investigation of the relation of science and its publics across periods, countries, and disciplines.</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"9636625261458663"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148370165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Are supernatural beliefs and scientific attitudes in conflict over individual health behaviours? An empirical study on cancer-prevention behaviours among middle-aged and senior Chinese. 超自然信仰和科学态度在个人健康行为方面是否存在冲突？中国中老年人群癌症预防行为的实证研究
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261417633
Qinliang Liu, Hepeng Jia
{"title":"Are supernatural beliefs and scientific attitudes in conflict over individual health behaviours? An empirical study on cancer-prevention behaviours among middle-aged and senior Chinese.","authors":"Qinliang Liu, Hepeng Jia","doi":"10.1177/09636625261417633","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09636625261417633","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 'conflict thesis' between scientific and supernatural beliefs has attracted considerable intellectual interest. However, empirical studies examining its impact on health behaviours are scarce. To address this gap, drawing on the Health Locus of Control (HLOC) theory, we developed an integrated dual-pathway cognitive model to explore how these conflicting attitudes compete and how they influence health behaviours differently. In an online survey conducted with 673 middle-aged and older Chinese adults, we found that supernatural beliefs did not directly conflict with scientific attitudes. Instead, they competed in predicting cancer-prevention behaviours through their associated sub-beliefs - specifically, cancer fatalism and cancer controllability. Our findings do not support a root-level 'conflict thesis' but instead support a downstream-level 'conflict thesis'. This finding adds to the literature on the 'conflict thesis' and enhances our understanding of how conflict manifests in the cancer-prevention setting. The cultural specificity and generalizability of this study are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"576-593"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146150941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Are relying on science and on religion to make sense of the world related to different domains of adaptive behavior and well-being? 依靠科学和宗教来理解世界与适应行为和幸福的不同领域有关吗？
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-25 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261424429
Crystal L Park, Joshua A Wilt, Adam B David
{"title":"Are relying on science and on religion to make sense of the world related to different domains of adaptive behavior and well-being?","authors":"Crystal L Park, Joshua A Wilt, Adam B David","doi":"10.1177/09636625261424429","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09636625261424429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Individuals vary in their reliance on science and on religion to make sense of the world. We aimed to determine if these two approaches to making meaning differentially associated with specific domains of adaptive behaviors and well-being, and the extent to which these associations would be moderated by their conjoint (interactive) effects. Participants were 301 US adults who completed online surveys. Bivariate associations largely supported hypotheses-religious and science worldviews related to different types of adaptive behavior and well-being. However, when conjoint effects were considered, both reliance on religion and on science related to multiple behaviors spanning emotional and logical behaviors and well-being. The few interaction effects noted suggested that very high levels of either worldview were maladaptive. Findings highlight the need to consider and assess <i>both</i> reliance on religion and reliance on science and consider their conjoint effects when studying their potential for leading to adaptive behaviors and well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"594-613"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147285782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Examining media coverage of ethical dimensions of advanced algorithmic technology. 检查媒体对先进算法技术伦理维度的报道。
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-28 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261419755
Amanda M Vilchez, Sohinee Bera, Bruce V Lewenstein, Stephen Hilgartner
{"title":"Examining media coverage of ethical dimensions of advanced algorithmic technology.","authors":"Amanda M Vilchez, Sohinee Bera, Bruce V Lewenstein, Stephen Hilgartner","doi":"10.1177/09636625261419755","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09636625261419755","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rapid integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science into daily life raises ethical concerns and stimulates discussions among stakeholders responsible for their development. Given the media's role in shaping imaginaries of emerging technologies and their acceptance, this paper systematically analyzes media discourse on ethics in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science from 2015 to 2020. Our results show that media coverage of advanced algorithmic technologies mainly focused on the industry sector, frequently addressing short-term challenges such as algorithmic bias, social justice, data privacy, and socioeconomic effects. Its portrayal in media often maintained a balanced perspective between positive and negative outcomes, paired with realistic and grounded future scenarios. This study offers a holistic and integrated analysis of how the media frames the ethics of artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning, highlighting previously overlooked dimensions such as accountability strategies and the relationship between areas of application and their consequences.</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"557-575"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147318603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Conspiracy belief is a conspiracy. 阴谋信仰是一种阴谋。
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261416076
Philip J Wilson
{"title":"Conspiracy belief is a conspiracy.","authors":"Philip J Wilson","doi":"10.1177/09636625261416076","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09636625261416076","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The public is said to be misled by Internet fakery amplified by social media, which contributes to conspiracy belief among those on the political right who feel dispossessed and powerless. In fact, conspiracy belief is difficult to attribute to any one political complexion or social stratum. Uncritical social surveys, especially if taken too literally, easily misrepresent conservative respondents, and the consequent negativity towards them is often exaggerated. Those accusing others of conspiracy belief are at least equally susceptible to the alleged predisposing factor of motivated reasoning.</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"631-638"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146203306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Salesmen of science: A textual analysis of technological advancement and quantum physics in Oppenheimer (2023). 科学推销员：奥本海默（2023）对技术进步和量子物理的文本分析。
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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-27 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261423845
Erik Gustafson
{"title":"Salesmen of science: A textual analysis of technological advancement and quantum physics in <i>Oppenheimer</i> (2023).","authors":"Erik Gustafson","doi":"10.1177/09636625261423845","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09636625261423845","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The film <i>Oppenheimer</i> (2023) portrayed the Manhattan Project, which led to the first atomic bombs, and its aftermath. Shown through the eyes of Director J. Robert Oppenheimer, the film takes us through the scientific, political, and personal struggles of a wide array of characters during a time period that profoundly changed the landscape of the world. Through the film, the viewer learns not only about the Manhattan Project, but also about the quantum science underlying the atomic bomb, as well as the personal and political tensions that were intertwined with its development. Thus, the following article conducted a textual analysis to identify the ways in which the film portrays developments in quantum technologies. Three themes arose regarding the portrayals of development and key concepts in quantum physics. Broad implications are drawn for developments in quantum theory/mechanics and public development and understanding of science in general.</p>","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"614-630"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13291387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147311190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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