2012 Peer-Reviewed Articles

Anderson, A. A. Brossard, D. & Scheufele D. A. (2012). News coverage of controversial emerging technologies: Evidence for the issue attention cycle in print and online media. Politics and the Life Sciences, 31(1-2), 87-96. doi: 10.2990/31_1-2_87

Anderson, A. A., Brossard, D., Scheufele, D. A. & Xenos, M. A. (2012). Online talk: How exposure to disagreement in online comments affects beliefs in the promise of controversial science. In L. Phillips, A. Carvalho & J. Doyle (Eds.), Citizen voices: Performing public participation in science and environment communication. ECREA Book Series.

Anderson, A. A., Scheufele, D. A., Brossard, D., & Corley, E. A. (2012). The role of media and deference to scientific authority in cultivating trust in sources of information about emerging technologies. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 24(2), 225-237. doi: 10.1093/ijpor/edr032

Brossard, D. (2012): A (brave) new world? Challenges and opportunities for communicating about biotechnology in new information environments. In M.-D. Weitze, A. Pühler, et al. (Eds.), Biotechnologie-Kommunikation: Kontroversen, Analysen, Aktivitäten, Heidelberg: Springer.

Brossard, D. (2012). Social challenges: Public opinion and agricultural biotechnology. In J. Popp, M. Jahn, M. Matlock, & N. Kemper (Eds.), The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Brossard, D. & Dudo, A. (2012). Cultivation of attitudes toward science. In J. Shananan, M. Morgan & N. Signorelli (Eds.), Living With Television Now: Advances in Cultivation Theory and Research. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Cacciatore, M. A., Anderson, A. A., Choi, D-H., Brossard, D., Scheufele, D. A., Liang, X., Ladwig, P. J., Xenos, M., & Dudo, A. (2012). Coverage of emerging technologies: A comparison between print and online media. New Media and Society, 14(6),1039-1059. doi: 10.1177/1461444812439061

Dahlstrom, M. F., Dudo, A. D., & Brossard, D. (2012). Precision of information, sensational information, and self-efficacy information as message-level variables affecting risk perceptions. Risk Analysis, 32(1), 155-166. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01641.x

Kim, Y., Corley, E. A., & Scheufele, D. A. (2012). Classifying US nano-scientists: Of cautious innovators, regulators, and technology optimists. Science and Public Policy, 39(1), 30-38. doi: 10.3152/030234212X13113405157822

Ladwig, P., Dalrymple, K. A., Brossard, D., Scheufele, D. A.,& Corley, E.A. (2012). Perceived familiarity or factual knowledge? Comparing operationalizations of scientific understanding. Science and Public Policy, 39(6), 761-774. doi: 10.1093/scipol/scs048

Liang, X., Anderson, A. A., Scheufele, D. A., Brossard, D., & Xenos, M. A. (2012). Information snapshots: What Google searches really tell us about emerging technologies. Nano Today, 7(2), 72-75. doi: 10.1016/j.nantod.2012.01.001