Seyd, Ben (2024) ‘Follow the Science’: Popular Trust in Scientific Experts During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Public Understanding of Science, . ISSN 0963-6625. E-ISSN 1361-6609. (In press) (doi:10.1177/0963662524125396) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:105846)
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Abstract
The coronavirus pandemic increased the role played by scientific advisers in counselling governments and citizens on issues around public health. This raises questions about how citizens evaluate scientists, and in particular the grounds on which they trust them. Previous studies have identified various factors associated with trust in scientists, although few have systematically explored a range of judgements and their relative effects. This study takes advantage of scientific advisers’ heightened public profile during the pandemic to explore how people’s trust in scientists is shaped by perceptions about their features and traits, along with evaluations of their behaviour and role within the decision-making process. The study also considers people’s trust in politicians, thereby identifying whether trust in scientists reflects similar or distinctive considerations to trust in partisan actors. Data are derived from specially-designed conjoint experiments and surveys of nationally representative samples in Britain and the US.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/0963662524125396 |
Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations |
Funders: | British Academy (https://ror.org/0302b4677) |
Depositing User: | Ben Seyd |
Date Deposited: | 04 May 2024 11:15 UTC |
Last Modified: | 08 May 2024 08:43 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/105846 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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