2020 Conference Papers

Anderson, J. T., Howell, E. L., Xenos, M. A., Scheufele, D. A., & Brossard, D. (2020, Aug). Learning Without Seeking: How Incidental Exposure to Science News on Social Media May Fill in a Science Knowledge Gap. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference, Virtual. Top paper award for the Electronic News Division.

Bao, L., Calice, M. N., & Scheufele, D. A. (2020, Aug). Are productive scientists more willing to engage with the public? Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference, Virtual.

Bao, L., Calice, M. N., Rose, K. M., & Brossard, D. (2020, Aug). Structures of engagement: How institutional structures at U.S. land-grant universities impact science faculty public engagement. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference, Virtual.

Howell, E. L., Monroe, H., Wirz, C. D., Shao, A., Bao, L., Chen, K., & Yang, S. (2020). Public opinion & news coverage of COVID-19: Risks & responsibility in U.S. perceptions of the pandemic.  Presented at the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) conference, Virtual.

Krause, N. M. (2020, August). The urban-rural divide and Americans’ trust in scientists. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference, Virtual.

Yang, S. (2020). COVID-19 on Social Media: How Health Organizations Communicate and Engage with the Public amid a Pandemic. Presented at the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) conference, Virtual.   

Krause, N. M., Freiling, I., Wirz, C.D., Yang, S., Newman, T. P., Brossard, D., Scheufele, D. A., Xenos, M. A. (2020, December). Faith in intelligence design: The interplay of trust and partisanship in shaping attitudes toward AI. Presented at the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) conference, Virtual.