The lure of rationality: Why does the deficit model persist in science communication?

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Public Understanding of Science

• Publication date

  2016-04-26

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1177/0963662516629749PMID 27117768
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