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The Partisan Brain: How Dissonant Science Messages Lead Conservatives and Liberals to (Dis)Trust Science

Nisbet, Erik C., Cooper, Kathryn E., Garrett, R. Kelly·2015·The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

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There has been deepening concern about political polarization in public attitudes toward the scientific community. The “intrinsic thesis” attributes this polarization to psychological deficiencies among conservatives as compared to liberals. The “contextual thesis” makes no such claims about inherent psychological differences between conservatives and liberals, but rather points to interacting institutional and psychological factors as the forces driving polarization. We evaluate the evidence for both theses in the context of developing and testing a theoretical model of audience response to dissonant science communication. Conducting a national online experiment ( N = 1,500), we examined audience reactions to both conservative-dissonant and liberal-dissonant science messages and consequences for trust in the scientific community. Our results suggest liberals and conservatives alike react negatively to dissonant science communication, resulting in diminished trust of the scientific community. We discuss how our findings link to the larger debate about political polarization of science and implications for science communicators.

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Authors: Nisbet, E. C., Cooper, K. E., & Garrett, R. K.
Affiliations: The Ohio State University (US)
ORCID: Nisbet, Erik C.
Cooper, Kathryn E.
Garrett, R. Kelly
Venue: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2015-02-08
Volume: 658
Issue: 1
Pages: 36-66
ISSN: 0002-7162 (ISSN-L)
1552-3349
DOI: 10.1177/0002716214555474
OpenAlex: W2132998485
Cited by: 437
References: 64
Citations by year: 2026: 21 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 59 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 12
FWCI: 95.10
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Academic Freedom and Politics
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Science and Science Education
Keywords: political polarization, science communication, public trust in science, conservatives, liberals, audience response

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The Partisan Brain: How Dissonant Science Messages Lead Conservatives and Liberals to (Dis)Trust Science

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