Mediated Trust in Science : Concept, Measurement and Perspectives for the "Science of Science Communication"

Trust in science is, to a considerable extent, the outcome of communication. News and online media in particular are important mediators of trust in science. So far, however, conceptual works on mediated trust in science are lacking. Taking a cue from Weingart & Guenther, this commentary proposes a concept of mediated trust in science and for its measurement, and shows where it could be used in the science of science communication. Abstract

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2016-09-21

• Fields of study

  Political Science, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.22323/2.15050302
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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