Article ID: CBB703347730

Determinants of Attitudes Toward the Scientific Community: Confidence in the Press as a Mediator of Political Party Affiliation (2021)

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Drawing on 10 sets of data gathered in the General Social Survey between 2000 and 2018, this study examined whether confidence in the press mediated political party affiliation as a determinant of attitudes toward the scientific community. The study observed full mediation effects in three of five instances in which Republicans occupied the White House, with partial or no mediation observed at other points. Overall findings showed that males, White respondents, and those who had completed more years of school, as well as Democrats and those who indicated higher levels of confidence in the press, tended to report greater levels of confidence in the scientific community. The study discusses quantitative results in light of increased partisanship and derisive attacks on news media.

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Authors & Contributors
Alexander Bogner
Bruner, Justin P.
Liv Grjebine
James Owen Weatherall
Jan-Peter Voß
O'Connor, Cailin
Concepts
Science and politics
Public opinion
Science and society
Mass media
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Public understanding of science
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Early modern
Places
Japan
France
Brazil
Singapore
Barcelona (Spain)
West Germany
Institutions
Habsburg, House of
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