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Publication details [#49458]

Southwell, Brian and Alicia Torres. 2006. Connecting Interpersonal and Mass Communication: Science News Exposure, Perceived Ability to Understand Science, and Conversation. Communication Monographs 73 (3) : 334–350.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

news reporting | scientific discussion | scientific language | scientific report

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper proposes experimental data backing three hypotheses that relate science news exposure, perceived ability to understand science, and conversations about science.