Scientific Communication & EducationPLoS ONEPeer-reviewed
Beyond Deficit and Coexistence: Modeling the Knowledge-Conspiracy-Mistrust Configuration in Public Understanding of Science
Ahmet K. Suerdem, Svetlomir Zdravkov, Martin J. Ivanov
The paper models how scientific knowledge influences science mistrust through conspiratorial reasoning, finding it mediates the relationship at individual and regional levels.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0341946