Public controversy and citizens' attitude formation about animal research: A case for scholarship and recommendations on conflicts at the science-society interface
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- Autoren
- Elena Link
- Katharina Emde-Lachmund
- Sophie Bruns
- Anja Dittrich
- Meike Stiesch
- Axel Haverich
- Stefan Treue
- Christoph Klimmt
- Yuh-Yuh Li
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:001135937000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0295503
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- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: DZ5S4
- PubMed Identifier: 38170693
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
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- 1
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- PLOS ONE
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- ARTN e0295503
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2024
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- Published
- Titel
- Public controversy and citizens' attitude formation about animal research: A case for scholarship and recommendations on conflicts at the science-society interface
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- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 19
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- Abstract
- <jats:p>Activist groups attack animal research and put scientists and their institutions under pressure, whereas scientists often remain silent. We report an interdisciplinary research project driven by a communication science perspective on how citizens respond to news reports about animal research (3 experiments, overall <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 765) and a German science-initiated information platform (“Tierversuche verstehen”; controlled user study, <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 100). Findings demonstrate that a critical journalist perspective within neutral, two-sided news reports (e.g., skeptical expert statements or images of suffering animals) does not affect citizen opinion strongly. Information media provided by scientific institutions seem to be welcomed even by citizens who hold critical prior attitudes. From these results, we develop a set of recommendations for future public communication of animal research that builds on best practices in organizational and crisis communication. These suggestions are intended to empower animal researchers to actively participate in public debate to support citizens’ informed attitude formation.</jats:p>
- Autoren
- Elena Link
- Katharina Emde-Lachmund
- Sophie Bruns
- Anja Dittrich
- Meike Stiesch
- Axel Haverich
- Stefan Treue
- Christoph Klimmt
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0295503
- Editoren
- Yuh-Yuh Li
- eISSN
- 1932-6203
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- PLOS ONE
- Sprache
- en
- Online publication date
- 2024
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- e0295503 - e0295503
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- Published online
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- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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- http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295503
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2024
- Titel
- Public controversy and citizens’ attitude formation about animal research: A case for scholarship and recommendations on conflicts at the science-society interface
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 19
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- Abstract
- Activist groups attack animal research and put scientists and their institutions under pressure, whereas scientists often remain silent. We report an interdisciplinary research project driven by a communication science perspective on how citizens respond to news reports about animal research (3 experiments, overall N = 765) and a German science-initiated information platform ("Tierversuche verstehen"; controlled user study, N = 100). Findings demonstrate that a critical journalist perspective within neutral, two-sided news reports (e.g., skeptical expert statements or images of suffering animals) does not affect citizen opinion strongly. Information media provided by scientific institutions seem to be welcomed even by citizens who hold critical prior attitudes. From these results, we develop a set of recommendations for future public communication of animal research that builds on best practices in organizational and crisis communication. These suggestions are intended to empower animal researchers to actively participate in public debate to support citizens' informed attitude formation.
- Addresses
- Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
- Autoren
- Elena Link
- Katharina Emde-Lachmund
- Sophie Bruns
- Anja Dittrich
- Meike Stiesch
- Axel Haverich
- Stefan Treue
- Christoph Klimmt
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0295503
- eISSN
- 1932-6203
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 38170693
- PubMed Central ID: PMC10763933
- Funding acknowledgements
- Volkswagen Foundation:
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: 317546916
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- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- PloS one
- Schlüsselwörter
- Animals
- Animal Experimentation
- Attitude
- Communication
- Research Design
- Fellowships and Scholarships
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- eng
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- Online publication date
- 2024
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- Open Access
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- e0295503
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2024
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- Published
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- CC BY
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2024
- Titel
- Public controversy and citizens' attitude formation about animal research: A case for scholarship and recommendations on conflicts at the science-society interface.
- Sub types
- research-article
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 19
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- Abstract
- Activist groups attack animal research and put scientists and their institutions under pressure, whereas scientists often remain silent. We report an interdisciplinary research project driven by a communication science perspective on how citizens respond to news reports about animal research (3 experiments, overall N = 765) and a German science-initiated information platform ("Tierversuche verstehen"; controlled user study, N = 100). Findings demonstrate that a critical journalist perspective within neutral, two-sided news reports (e.g., skeptical expert statements or images of suffering animals) does not affect citizen opinion strongly. Information media provided by scientific institutions seem to be welcomed even by citizens who hold critical prior attitudes. From these results, we develop a set of recommendations for future public communication of animal research that builds on best practices in organizational and crisis communication. These suggestions are intended to empower animal researchers to actively participate in public debate to support citizens' informed attitude formation.
- Date of acceptance
- 2023
- Autoren
- Elena Link
- Katharina Emde-Lachmund
- Sophie Bruns
- Anja Dittrich
- Meike Stiesch
- Axel Haverich
- Stefan Treue
- Christoph Klimmt
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38170693
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0295503
- eISSN
- 1932-6203
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Central ID: PMC10763933
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- PLoS One
- Schlüsselwörter
- Animals
- Animal Experimentation
- Fellowships and Scholarships
- Attitude
- Communication
- Research Design
- Sprache
- eng
- Country
- United States
- Paginierung
- e0295503
- PII
- PONE-D-22-34226
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2024
- Status
- Published online
- Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
- 2024
- Titel
- Public controversy and citizens' attitude formation about animal research: A case for scholarship and recommendations on conflicts at the science-society interface.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 19
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