The Role of Media and Deference to Scientific Authority in Cultivating Trust in Sources of Information about Emerging Technologies

Journal Article The Role of Media and Deference to Scientific Authority in Cultivating Trust in Sources of Information about Emerging Technologies Get access Ashley A. Anderson, Ashley A. Anderson 1Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2Center for Nanotechnology and Society at Arizona State University, 3University of Wisconsin–Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center in Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale and 4School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University Ashley A. Anderson is a PhD candidate in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on public opinion and public deliberation about emerging science and technology issues. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Dietram A. Scheufele, Dietram A. Scheufele 1Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2Center for Nanotechnology and Society at Arizona State University, 3University of Wisconsin–Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center in Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale and 4School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University Dietram A. Scheufele is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His work focuses on public opinion, political communication, and public attitudes toward new technologies, including nanotechnology, stem cell research, and genetically modified organisms. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Dominique Brossard, Dominique Brossard 1Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2Center for Nanotechnology and Society at Arizona State University, 3University of Wisconsin–Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center in Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale and 4School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University Dominique Brossard (PhD, Cornell University) is an associate professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and a faculty affiliate of the UW–Madison Robert and Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies. Her research broadly focuses on the intersection between science, media and the public and on the understanding of public opinion dynamics in the context of controversial science. She has recently co-edited (with Jim Shanahan and Clint Nesbit) the book The Media, the Public, and Agricultural Biotechnology (CABI Publishing, 2007). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Elizabeth A. Corley Elizabeth A. Corley 1Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2Center for Nanotechnology and Society at Arizona State University, 3University of Wisconsin–Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center in Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale and 4School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University Elizabeth A. Corley is the Lincoln Professor of Public Policy, Ethics & Emerging Technologies and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on technology policy and environmental policy. She serves as a Co-Principal Investigator for the NSF-funded Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 24, Issue 2, Summer 2012, Pages 225–237, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edr032 Published: 25 August 2011 Article history Received: 14 October 2010 Accepted: 24 April 2011 Published: 25 August 2011