Communicating science in politicized environments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages 14048-14054

  Lupia, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief change; Civic education; Political communication; Science communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPETITION; COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RESPONSE TIME; SCIENCE; WORKING MEMORY; BELIEF CHANGE; CIVIC EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLITICAL COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENCE COMMUNICATION;

BELIEF CHANGE; CIVIC EDUCATION; POLITICAL COMMUNICATION; SCIENCE COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENCE;

EID: 84887775467     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212726110     Document Type: Article

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