Science literacy: Concepts, contexts, and consequences

KA Dibner, CE Snow - 2016 - books.google.com
Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an
institution, science enables people to both engage in the construction of new knowledge as …

Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters belief in pseudoscience and the benefits of critical evaluation

TC O'Brien, R Palmer, D Albarracin - Journal of Experimental Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
At a time when pseudoscience threatens the survival of communities, understanding this
vulnerability, and how to reduce it, is paramount. Four preregistered experiments (N= 532 …

Open science and the science-society relationship

M Lakomý, R Hlavová, H Machackova - Society, 2019 - Springer
Nowadays, the prevailing trend in the science-society relationship is to engage with the
broader public, which is beneficial for the public, scientific institutes, scientific findings, and …

To know about science is to love it? Unraveling cause–effect relationships between knowledge and attitudes toward science in citizen science on urban wildlife …

T Bruckermann, H Greving, A Schumann… - Journal of Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, citizens collaborate increasingly with scientists in citizen science (CS) projects
on environmental issues. CS projects often have educational goals and aim to increase …

The state of public opinion research on attitudes and understanding of science and technology

JC Besley - Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This article provides a critical and global overview of current research into public opinion
about science and technology (S&T). Although several sets of high-quality data exist, there …

Science and Technology: Public Attitudes, Knowledge, and Interest. Science and Engineering Indicators 2020. NSB-2020-7.

JC Besley, D Hill - National Science Foundation, 2020 - ERIC
This thematic report presents indicators about people's attitudes toward issues related to
science and technology (S&T), awareness of basic S&T facts, and how people interact with …

Public perceptions of private space initiatives: How young adults view the SpaceX plan to colonize Mars

CA Platt, M Jason, CJ Sullivan - Space Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Elon Musk has sought to position his private aerospace company, SpaceX, as the future of
space exploration, even as the feasibility of its initiatives remains to be seen. Although the …

Promises and reservations towards science and technology among South African publics: A culture-sensitive approach

L Guenther, P Weingart - Public Understanding of Science, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Against the background that surveys measuring public perceptions of science and
technology are often removed from cultural contexts and do not equally represent all regions …

The time of dialogic sociology

R Flecha, CE Saso, E Torras-Gómez… - International …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a wide and rich literature about how neoliberalism is promoting the budgetary cuts
to science and universities, especially to the critical sectors, such as the social sciences …

“Science is everywhere, but no one knows it”: assessing the cultural distance to science of rural South African publics

L Guenther, P Weingart, C Meyer - Environmental Communication, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In science communication, a prerequisite for reaching different parts of a society is to find out
how these publics experience and interpret science. Since rural South African publics are …