Acceptance and Adoption of Protective Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Trust in Politics and Trust in Science

Dohle, Simone; Wingen, Tobias; Schreiber, Mike

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“…Surveys conducted during the crisis show a sharp increase of trust in science and scientists [Carrell, 2020;Wissenschaft im Dialog, 2020], which also results in acceptance and adoption of protective measures [Dohle, Wingen and Schreiber, 2020]. This is in line with previous reports of the perception of scientists as a trustworthy source of information during a crisis [Haynes, Barclay and Pidgeon, 2008].…”

Section: Managing Transparencysupporting

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Complexity, transparency and time pressure: practical insights into science communication in times of crisis

Lasser¹,

Ahne²,

Heiler³

et al. 2020

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A global crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic that started in early 2020 poses significant challenges for how research is conducted and communicated. We present four case studies from the perspective of an interdisciplinary research institution that switched to “corona-mode” during the first two months of the crisis, focussing all its capacities on COVID-19-related issues, communicating to the public directly and via media, as well as actively advising the national government. The case studies highlight the challenges posed by the increased time pressure, high demand for transparency, and communication of complexity and uncertainty. The article gives insights into how these challenges were addressed in our research institution and how science communication in general can be managed during a crisis.

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Section: Managing Transparencysupporting

confidence: 70%

Complexity, transparency and time pressure: practical insights into science communication in times of crisis

Lasser¹,

Ahne²,

Heiler³

et al. 2020

JCOM

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“…Communicating the entire scientific process, including the context as well as the methods and data used for research, is becoming increasingly important in communication to non-experts as well. Surveys conducted during the crisis show a sharp increase of trust in science and scientists [Carrell, 2020;Wissenschaft im Dialog, 2020], which also results in acceptance and adoption of protective measures [Dohle et al, 2020]. This is in line with previous reports of the perception of scientists as a trustworthy source of information during a crisis [Haynes et al, 2008].…”

Section: Managing Transparencysupporting

confidence: 70%

Complexity, transparency and time pressure: practical insights into science communication in times of crisis

Lasser¹,

Ahne²,

Heiler³

et al. 2020

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A global crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic that started in early 2020 poses significant challenges for how research is conducted and communicated. We present four case studies from the perspective of an interdisciplinary research institution that switched to “corona-mode” during the first two months of the crisis, focussing all its capacities on Covid-19-related issues, communicating to the public directly and via media, as well as actively advising the national government. The case studies highlight the challenges posed by the increased time pressure, high demand for transparency, and communication of complexity and uncertainty. The article gives insights into how these challenges were addressed in our research institution and how science communication in general can be managed during a crisis.

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“…These numbers suggest that the general public in Western democracies is likely to follow scientific advice, especially in a situation of societal crisis such as the Corona pandemic. There is already some evidence indicating that trust in science and scientists predicts containment behavior in the US (Brodeur et al, 2020) and in Germany (Dohle et al, 2020). However, there are also reasons to doubt whether trust is generally the most important predictor of compliance with scientific advice (Siegrist, 2019).…”

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Psychological underpinnings of pandemic denial - patterns of disagreement with scientific experts in the German public during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rothmund¹,

Ziemer²

2020

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We investigated laypersons’ agreement with technical claims about the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 virus and with claims about the risk from COVID-19 in the general public in Germany (N = 1,575) and compared these with the evaluations of scientific experts (N = 128). Using Latent Class Analysis, we distinguished four segments in the general public. Two groups (mainstream and cautious, 73%) are generally consistent with scientific experts in their evaluations. Two groups (doubters and deniers, 27%) differ distinctively from expert evaluations and tend to believe in conspiracies about COVID-19. Deniers (8%) are characterized by low risk assessments, anti-elitist sentiments and low compliance with containment measures. Doubters (19%) are characterized by general uncertainty in the distinction between true and false claims and by low scientific literacy in terms of cognitive ability and style. Our research indicates that conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 cannot be linked to a single and distinct motivational structure.

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Acceptance and Adoption of Protective Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Trust in Politics and Trust in Science

Cited by 63 publications

References 2 publications

Complexity, transparency and time pressure: practical insights into science communication in times of crisis

Complexity, transparency and time pressure: practical insights into science communication in times of crisis

Complexity, transparency and time pressure: practical insights into science communication in times of crisis

Psychological underpinnings of pandemic denial - patterns of disagreement with scientific experts in the German public during the COVID-19 pandemic

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