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The aim is to investigate how the public's attitudes, knowledge, and communication shape the understanding of science.

May 25, 2026Open Access

Public understanding of science

Key Points

The aim is to investigate how the public's attitudes, knowledge, and communication shape the understanding of science.
Framework analysis of public attitudes and values towards science
Review of communication programs related to scientific understanding
Examination of the relationship dynamics between public perception and scientific authority.
Identified the diverse attitudes and knowledge bases within the public affecting science understanding
Highlighted the role of effective communication in bridging gaps between science and public perception
Proposed a reciprocal model where both science and public influence each other.

Abstract

In pursuing a research agenda on the public and science, future research endeavors may encompass the dimensions of (i) the heterogeneous nature of society; (ii) the attitudes, values, and knowledge of the general public; and (iii) the dimension of communication and awareness programs. This framework would consider both science and the public as important stakeholders in the relationship and acknowledges that each affects the other, rather than previous frameworks which gave science a position of power and perceived the public to be more or less deficient.

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