Commentary | Open Access
Science Journalism and Pandemic Uncertainty
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Abstract: Novel risks generate copious amounts of uncertainty, which in turn can confuse and mislead publics. This commentary explores those issues through the lens of information seeking and processing, with a focus on social media and the potential effectiveness of science journalism.
Keywords: Covid-19; information processing; information seeking; science journalism; social media
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© Sharon Dunwoody. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original author(s) and source are credited.