在网络科学传播中表达不确定性的表达阻碍了信息传播和传播
Olga Stavrova1,2, Bennett Kleinberg3,4, Anthony M Evans5
1Department of Psychology, University of Lübeck, Maria-Goeppert-Str. 9a, 23562, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
PNAS nexus
|October 21, 2024
概括
沟通科学不确定性可以减少发现在线共享的频率. 这项研究发现,在社交媒体和实验中,对不确定的科学信息的分享较少.
科学领域:
- 科学传播科学传播
- 社交媒体分析 社交媒体分析
- 科学心理学科学心理学
背景情况:
- 对科学不确定性的透明沟通至关重要.
- 人们担心不确定性可能会对公众的看法和科学传播产生负面影响.
- 对不确定性传播对科学传播的影响缺乏实证研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查科学发现中的不确定性对其传播的影响.
- 解决关于科学传播和不确定性的经验研究的差距.
主要方法:
- 一项实地研究分析了使用自然语言处理的200多万条社交媒体 (Twitter/X) 消息.
- 一个受控实验,向参与者提供由大语言模型 (LLM) 产生的高和低不确定性信息.
主要成果:
- 社交媒体分析显示,更不确定的科学信息的分享频率较低.
- 实验结果复制了不确定性与较低的消息传播相关的发现.
结论:
- 不确定性在科学发现的传播中发挥着重要作用.
- 调查结果为正在进行的关于科学中传达不确定性的好处和风险的辩论提供了信息.
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