Science Communication Publications

Examining the perceived value of a prestigious science engagement award: views of applicants, finalists, and awardees

Examining the perceived value of a prestigious science engagement award: views of applicants, finalists,…

AbiGhannam, N. & Dudo, A.
2021

International Journal of Science Education, Part B

Landscape of the UK Science Engagement Training Community

Landscape of the UK Science Engagement Training Community

Heslop, C., Dudo, A., & Besley, J.
2021

Center for Media Engagement

Promoting support for community water fluoridation: Testing message effects and the role of normative beliefs

Promoting support for community water fluoridation: Testing message effects and the role of normative…

Kemp, D., Mackert, M., Bouchacourt, L., Lazard, A.J., Wolfe, J.O., Stewart, B., Kahlor, L., George, C., Wagner, J.H., & Wilcox, G.
2021

The Journal of the American Dental Association

“Doing Good” versus “Being Good”: The interplay between pride appeals and regulatory-focused messages in green advertising

“Doing Good” versus “Being Good”: The interplay between pride appeals and regulatory-focused messages in…

Hong, J.M., Lim, R.E., & Atkinson, L.
2021

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Communicating Science Across Political Divides

Communicating Science Across Political Divides

Heslop, C., Dudo, A., & Copple, J.
2021

Center for Media Engagement

Building Connective Democracy: Interdisciplinary Solutions to the Problem of Polarisation

Building Connective Democracy: Interdisciplinary Solutions to the Problem of Polarisation

Staal Bruun Overgaard, C., Dudo, A., Lease, M., Masullo, G.M., Stroud, N.J., Stroud, S.R., & Woolley, S.C.
2021

The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism

American Scientists’ Willingness to Use Different Communication Tactics

American Scientists’ Willingness to Use Different Communication Tactics

Besley, J.C., Newman, T.P., Dud,o A., & Tiffany, L.A.
2021

Science Communication

U.S. Political Partisanship and COVID-19: Risk Information Seeking and Prevention Behaviors, Health Communication

U.S. Political Partisanship and COVID-19: Risk Information Seeking and Prevention Behaviors, Health Communication

Moon, W.K., Atkinson, L., Kahlor, L.A., Yun, C., & Son H.
2021

Health Communication

The Moderating Role of Emotion: The Combinatory Effects of Positive Emotion and News Framing Techniques on Climate Change Attitudes

The Moderating Role of Emotion: The Combinatory Effects of Positive Emotion and News Framing…

Jin, E. & Atkinson, L.
2021

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Person, Place, or Thing: Individual, Community, and Risk Information Seeking

Person, Place, or Thing: Individual, Community, and Risk Information Seeking

Wang, W., Kahlor, L.A., Moon, W-K., & Olson, H.C.
2021

Science Communication

Online bandwagon effects: Quantitative versus qualitative cues in online comments sections

Online bandwagon effects: Quantitative versus qualitative cues in online comments sections

Lee, S., Atkinson, L., & Sung, Y. H.
2020

New Media & Society

Science Communication Training in North America: Preparing Whom to Do What With What Effect?

Science Communication Training in North America: Preparing Whom to Do What With What Effect?

Dudo, A., Besley, J.C., & Yuan, S.
2020

Science Communication

Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study

Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study

Kim, H.K., Ahn, J., Atkinson, L., & Kahlor, L.A.
2020

Science Communication

Exploring scholars’ public engagement goals in Canada and the United States

Exploring scholars’ public engagement goals in Canada and the United States

Besley, J.C., Newman, T.P., Dudo, A., & Tiffany, L.A.
2020

Public Understanding of Science

Contribution of Training to Scientists’ Public Engagement Intentions: A Test of Indirect Relationships Using Parallel Multiple Mediation

Contribution of Training to Scientists’ Public Engagement Intentions: A Test of Indirect Relationships Using…

Copple, J., Bennett, N., Dudo, A., et al.
2020

Science Communication

Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement or competing for visibility? Title

Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement…

Entradas, M., Bauer, M.W., O'Muircheartaigh, C., Marcinkowski, F., Okamura, A., Pellegrini, G., et al.
2020

PLoS ONE 15(7): e0235191

Strengthening Science Engagement Fellowships through New Connections and Inclusion

Strengthening Science Engagement Fellowships through New Connections and Inclusion

Dudo, A., Besley, J., Bennett, N.
2020

Rita Allen Foundation

Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean MERS-CoV epidemic

Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean MERS-CoV epidemic

Ahn, J., Kahlor, L., & Noh, G.
2020

Journal of Risk Research

The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety

The Differential Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of Genetically Modified Food Safety

Hasell, A., & Stroud, N.J.
2020

International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 32(1), 111-131

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context

Nevarez, L., Hovick, S., Enard, K., Lloyd, S., & Kahlor, L.
2020

American Journal of Health Promotion

Designing and implementing an educational social media campaign to increase HPV vaccine awareness among men on a large college campus

Designing and implementing an educational social media campaign to increase HPV vaccine awareness among…

Hughes, C. T., Kirtz, S., Ramondetta, L., Lu, Q., Cho, D., Katzin, C. & Kahlor, L.
2020

American Journal of Health Education, 1-11

Understanding Public Support for Carbon Capture and Storage: The Roles of Social Capital, Stakeholder Perceptions, and Perceived Risk/Benefit of Technology

Understanding Public Support for Carbon Capture and Storage: The Roles of Social Capital, Stakeholder…

Moon, W., Kahlor, L. & Olson, H
2020

Energy Policy, 139, 111312

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context

Race/Ethnic Variations in Predictors of Health Consciousness within the Cancer Prevention Context

Nevarez, L., Hovick, S., Enard, K., Lloyd, S., & Kahlor, L.
2020

American Journal of Health Promotion, 0890117120904000

Avoiding trouble: Exploring environmental risk information avoidance intentions

Avoiding trouble: Exploring environmental risk information avoidance intentions

Kahlor, L., Olson, H., Markman, A., & Wang, W.
2020

Environment and Behavior, 52, 187-218

Environmental Risk (and Benefit) Information Seeking Intentions: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage in Southeast Texas

Environmental Risk (and Benefit) Information Seeking Intentions: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage…

Kahlor, L., Yang, J., Li, X., Wang, W., Olson, H. & Atkinson, L.
2019

Environmental Communication, 1-18

Strategic science communication as planned behavior: Understanding scientists’ willingness to choose specific tactics

Strategic science communication as planned behavior: Understanding scientists’ willingness to choose specific tactics

Besley, J. C., O’Hara, K., & Dudo, A.
2019

PloS one, 14(10)

Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science

Public perceptions of who counts as a scientist for controversial science

Suldovsky, B., Landrum, A., & Stroud, N. J.
2019

Public Understanding of Science, 28(7), 797–811

Fearful Conservatives, Angry Liberals: Information Processing Related to the 2016 Presidential Election and Climate Change

Fearful Conservatives, Angry Liberals: Information Processing Related to the 2016 Presidential Election and Climate…

Yang, J. Z., Chu, H., & Kahlor, L.
2019

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96, 742-766

Research Shows How to Advance Public Understanding of Science

Research Shows How to Advance Public Understanding of Science

Dudo, A. & Besley, J.
2019

Rita Allen Foundation

Scientists, trainers, and the strategic communication of science

Scientists, trainers, and the strategic communication of science

Bennett, N., Dudo, A., Yuan, S., & Besley, J. C.
2019

In T. Newman (Ed.), Theory and best practices in science communication training (pp. 9-31). Routledge

Effects of message objectivity and focus on green CSR communication: The strategy development for a hotel’s green CSR message

Effects of message objectivity and focus on green CSR communication: The strategy development for…

Kang, E. Y., & Atkinson, L.
2019

Journal of Marketing Communications, 1-21

Survey examines scientists’ attitudes toward public engagement

Survey examines scientists’ attitudes toward public engagement

Newman, T., Volpe, C., Lindenfeld, L., Besley, J., Dudo, A., & Leavey, N.
2019

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University

No regrets when it comes to health: Anticipated regret, informational subjective norms, information insufficiency and intent to seek information from multiple sources

No regrets when it comes to health: Anticipated regret, informational subjective norms, information insufficiency…

Ahn, J. & Kahlor, L
2019

Health Communication, 1-8

Public Perceptions and Information Seeking Intentions Related to Seismicity in Five Texas Communities

Public Perceptions and Information Seeking Intentions Related to Seismicity in Five Texas Communities

Kahlor, L., Wang, W., Olson, H., Li, X. & Markman, A.
2019

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 37, 101147

The ethics of nanotechnology: Pilot testing an evidence-based training module

The ethics of nanotechnology: Pilot testing an evidence-based training module

Kahlor, L., Li, X., & Jones, J.
2019

Nano Ethics, 13, 37-52

Never easy to say “sorry”: Exploring the interplay of crisis involvement, brand image, and message appeal in developing effective corporate apologies

Never easy to say “sorry”: Exploring the interplay of crisis involvement, brand image, and…

Lee, S. Y., & Atkinson, L.
2019

Public Relations Review

Scientific societies’ support for public engagement: an interview study

Scientific societies’ support for public engagement: an interview study

Yuan, S., Dudo, A., & Besley, J. C.
2019

International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 9(2), 140-153

Planned Risk Information Avoidance: A Proposed Theoretical Model

Planned Risk Information Avoidance: A Proposed Theoretical Model

Deline, M. & Kahlor, L.
2019

Communication Theory, 29, 360-382

Portrayal and Impacts of Climate Change in Advertising and Consumer Campaigns

Portrayal and Impacts of Climate Change in Advertising and Consumer Campaigns

Atkinson, L.
2019

In M. C. Nisbet (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication. Oxford University Press

A comparison between scientists’ and communication scholars’ views about scientists’ public engagement activities

A comparison between scientists’ and communication scholars’ views about scientists’ public engagement activities

Yuan, S., Besley, J. C., & Dudo, A.
2019

Public Understanding of Science. 28(1): 101-118

Never easy to say “sorry”: Exploring the interplay of crisis involvement, brand image, and message appeal in developing effective corporate apologies

Never easy to say “sorry”: Exploring the interplay of crisis involvement, brand image, and…

Lee, S. Y., & Atkinson, L.
December, 2018

Public Relations Review, 45(1), 178-188

Understanding scientists’ willingness to engage

Understanding scientists’ willingness to engage

Besley, J. C., Dudo, A., Yuan, S., & Lawrence, F.
2018

Science Communication, 40(5), 559-590

Enduring Extremes? Polar Vortex, Drought, and Climate Change Beliefs

Enduring Extremes? Polar Vortex, Drought, and Climate Change Beliefs

Lyons, B. A., Hasell, A., Stroud, N.J.
2018

Environmental Communication, 12(7), 876-894

Risky Politics: Applying the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Risky Politics: Applying the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model to the 2016 U.S. Presidential…

Kahlor, L., Yang, J., & Liang, M-C.
2018

Mass Communication and Society, 21, 697-719

Intensifying the burden: The implications of individual responsibility messages in black female-targeted HIV/AIDS public service announcements

Intensifying the burden: The implications of individual responsibility messages in black female-targeted HIV/AIDS public…

Morris, A. & Kahlor, L.
2018

Sex Education, 18 (5), 571-586

Scientists’ views about communication objectives

Scientists’ views about communication objectives

Besley, J. C., Dudo, A., & Yuan, S.
2018

Public Understanding of Science, 27(6), 708-730

Microbiologists’ public engagement views and behaviors

Microbiologists’ public engagement views and behaviors

Dudo, A., Besley, J., Kahlor, L. A., Koh, H., Copple, J., & Yuan, S.
2018

Journal of microbiology & biology education, 19(1)

Visual assertions: Effects of photo manipulation and dual processing for food advertisements

Visual assertions: Effects of photo manipulation and dual processing for food advertisements

Lazard, A. J., Mackert, M. S., Bock, M. A., Love, B., Dudo, A., & Atkinson, L.
2018

Visual Communication Quarterly, 25(1), 16-30

Entertainment Film and TV Portrayals of Climate Change and Their Societal Impacts

Entertainment Film and TV Portrayals of Climate Change and Their Societal Impacts

Dudo, A., Copple, J., & Atkinson, L.
2017

In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science

Two-way communication between scientists and the public: A view from science communication trainers in North America

Two-way communication between scientists and the public: A view from science communication trainers in…

Yuan, S., Oshita, T., AbiGhannam, N., Dudo, A., Besley, J. C., & Koh, H. E.
2017

International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 7(4), 341-355

Scientists’ views about public engagement and science communication in the context of climate change

Scientists’ views about public engagement and science communication in the context of climate change

Besley, J. C., & Dudo, A.
2017

In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science