谁相信科学呢? 没有人相信科学. 一种用于识别调用或质疑科学知识的语言的计算工具
1Brown University, USA.
Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)
|December 17, 2025
概括
围绕科学的政治两极分化正在增加. 一个新的工具追踪科学话语,揭示了虽然起初援引专业知识获得了媒体的关注,但其长期权威可能正在下降.
科学领域:
- 科学与技术研究 研究科学与技术研究
- 计算社会科学 计算社会科学
- 政治科学 政治科学是指政治学.
背景情况:
- 科学知识面临越来越多的政治争议,以COVID-19和气候科学辩论为例.
- 主流科学的价值和合法性是高风险的政治斗争的核心.
- 了解科学话语在政治舞台上的动态至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 引入和验证一种新的计算工具,用于识别和跟踪与科学权威相关的论述.
- 分析支持科学和反科学言论的出现,扩散和历史变化.
- 调查精英言论如何影响美国科学周围的政治两极分化.
主要方法:
- 开发一种用于话语分析的计算工具.
- 验证该工具的预测和趋同有效性.
- 在三个以美国政治言论和科学为重点的案例研究中应用该工具.
主要成果:
- 在历史上,援引科学专业知识的政治声明得到了主流媒体的更多报道.
- 随着时间的推移,媒体报道的这种优势会减少.
- 精英言论似乎是围绕科学政治两极分化的重要驱动力.
结论:
- 该计算工具为分析科学话语及其政治影响提供了一种新的方法.
- 这些发现表明,与科学专业知识相关的持久话语权威的潜在下降.
- 进一步的研究可以探索政治两极分化对公众对科学信任的长期影响.
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