TY - JOUR
T1 - Open Questions in Scientific Consensus Messaging Research
AU - Landrum, Asheley R.
AU - Slater, Matthew H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/11/16
Y1 - 2020/11/16
N2 - In recent years, there has been considerable interest in studying and using scientific consensus messaging strategies to influence public opinion. Researchers disagree, sometimes vociferously, about how to examine the potential influence of consensus messaging, debating one another publicly and privately. In this essay, we take a step back and focus on some of the important questions that scholars might consider when researching scientific consensus messaging. Hopefully, reflecting on these questions will help researchers better understand the reasons for the different points of debate and improve the work moving forward.
AB - In recent years, there has been considerable interest in studying and using scientific consensus messaging strategies to influence public opinion. Researchers disagree, sometimes vociferously, about how to examine the potential influence of consensus messaging, debating one another publicly and privately. In this essay, we take a step back and focus on some of the important questions that scholars might consider when researching scientific consensus messaging. Hopefully, reflecting on these questions will help researchers better understand the reasons for the different points of debate and improve the work moving forward.
KW - Consensus messaging
KW - philosophy of science
KW - public acceptance of science
KW - scientific consensus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086934162&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17524032.2020.1776746
DO - 10.1080/17524032.2020.1776746
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086934162
SN - 1752-4032
VL - 14
SP - 1033
EP - 1046
JO - Environmental Communication
JF - Environmental Communication
IS - 8
ER -