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  1. Beyond the Choir? The Need to Understand Multiple Publics for Science

    Article • Environmental Communication, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  2. Are attitudes toward labeling nano products linked to attitudes toward GMO? Exploring a potential ‘spillover’ effect for attitudes toward controversial technologies

    Article • Journal of Responsible Innovation, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele, Professor Dominique Brossard, Sara Yeo

  3. The Values of Synthetic Biology: Researcher Views of Their Field and Participation in Public Engagement

    Article • BioScience, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  4. Scientists Joking on Social Media: An Empirical Analysis of #overlyhonestmethods

    Article • Science Communication, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  5. Ukrainian nationalist parties and connective action: an analysis of electoral campaigning and social media sentiments

    Article • Information Communication & Society, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele, Professor Dominique Brossard

  6. Information-Sharing and Community-Building: Exploring the Use of Twitter in Science Public Relations

    Article • Science Communication, October 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  7. U.S. attitudes on human genome editing

    Article • Science, August 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  8. The effect of comment moderation on perceived bias in science news

    Article • Information Communication & Society, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele, Professor Dominique Brossard, Sara Yeo

  9. How do U.S. state residents form opinions about ‘fracking’ in social contexts? A multilevel analysis

    Article • Energy Policy, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  10. Selective perception of novel science: how definitions affect information processing about nanotechnology

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  11. Engaging the Public at a Science Festival

    Article • Science Communication, March 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  12. Mapping the Landscape of Public Attitudes on Synthetic Biology

    Article • BioScience, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  13. Attitudes about Food and Food-Related Biotechnology

    Article • Public Opinion Quarterly, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  14. Cross-pressuring conservative Catholics? Effects of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the U.S. public opinion on climate change

    Article • Climatic Change, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  15. Nanoscientists and political involvement: Which characteristics make scientists more likely to support engagement in political debates?

    Article • Science and Public Policy, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  16. How do policymakers and think tank stakeholders prioritize the risks of the nuclear fuel cycle? A semantic network analysis

    Article • Journal of Risk Research, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  17. Toxic Talk: How Online Incivility Can Undermine Perceptions of Media

    Article • International Journal of Public Opinion Research, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  18. Opposing ends of the spectrum: Exploring trust in scientific and religious authorities

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  19. The case of #arseniclife: Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, May 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  20. Opinion Leaders in Online Cancer Support Groups: An Investigation of Their Antecedents and Consequences

    Article • Health Communication, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  21. Analyzing public sentiments online: combining human- and computer-based content analysis

    Article • Information Communication & Society, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  22. “Shared” Information in the Age of Big Data

    Article • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  23. Laboratory Safety and Nanotechnology Workers: an Analysis of Current Guidelines in the USA

    Article • NanoEthics, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  24. Policy decision-making, public involvement and nuclear energy: what do expert stakeholders think and why?

    Article • Journal of Responsible Innovation, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  25. Agenda Setting in the Internet Age: The Reciprocity between Online Searches and Issue Salience

    Article • International Journal of Public Opinion Research, September 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  26. The End of Framing as we Know it … and the Future of Media Effects

    Article • Mass Communication & Society, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  27. Attitudinal gaps: How experts and lay audiences form policy attitudes toward controversial science

    Article • Science and Public Policy, June 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  28. Science News Consumption Patterns and Their Implications for Public Understanding of Science

    Article • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, May 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  29. Scientists’ Ethical Obligations and Social Responsibility for Nanotechnology Research

    Article • Science and Engineering Ethics, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  30. Selecting Our Own Science

    Article • The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, February 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  31. Public opinion about biofuels: The interplay between party identification and risk/benefit perception

    Article • Energy Policy, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele, Timothy Fung

  32. The Science of Science Communication II

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  33. Science communication as political communication

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  34. Building Buzz

    Article • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, September 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  35. Misperceptions in Polarized Politics: The Role of Knowledge, Religiosity, and Media

    Article • PS Political Science & Politics, June 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  36. Inequalities in Scientific Understanding

    Article • Science Communication, May 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  37. Partisan amplification of risk: American perceptions of nuclear energy risk in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster

    Article • Energy Policy, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  38. Disconnected discourses

    Article • Materials Today, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  39. Value predispositions as perceptual filters: Comparing of public attitudes toward nanotechnology in the United States and Singapore

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, November 2013, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  40. Channeling Science Information Seekers' Attention? A Content Analysis of Top-Ranked vs. Lower-Ranked Sites in Google

    Article • Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, November 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  41. Disentangling the Influence of Value Predispositions and Risk/Benefit Perceptions on Support for Nanotechnology Among the American Public

    Article • Risk Analysis, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  42. The Current Status and Future Direction of Nanotechnology Regulations: A View from Nano-scientists

    Article • Review of Policy Research, September 2013, Wiley

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  43. The science of science communication

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  44. Communicating science in social settings

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  45. The “Nasty Effect:” Online Incivility and Risk Perceptions of Emerging Technologies

    Article • Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  46. What’s in a name? How we define nanotech shapes public reactions

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  47. Science, New Media, and the Public

    Article • Science, January 2013, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  48. Tweeting nano: how public discourses about nanotechnology develop in social media environments

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  49. Labeling renewable energies: How the language surrounding biofuels can influence its public acceptance

    Article • Energy Policy, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  50. Disagreement and Value Predispositions: Understanding Public Opinion About Stem Cell Research

    Article • International Journal of Public Opinion Research, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  51. Perceived familiarity or factual knowledge? Comparing operationalizations of scientific understanding

    Article • Science and Public Policy, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  52. Another (methodological) look at knowledge gaps and the Internet’s potential for closing them

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, June 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  53. Information snapshots: What Google searches really tell us about emerging technologies

    Article • Nano Today, April 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  54. Coverage of emerging technologies: A comparison between print and online media

    Article • New Media & Society, March 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  55. Classifying US nano-scientists: Of cautious innovators, regulators, and technology optimists

    Article • Science and Public Policy, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  56. The Politics of Emotion: News Media Attention, Emotional Responses, and Participation During the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election

    Article • Mass Communication & Society, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele, Timothy Fung

  57. Perceptions and actions: relationships of views on risk with citation actions of nanotechnology scientists

    Article • Research Evaluation, December 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  58. Leading US nano-scientists’ perceptions about media coverage and the public communication of scientific research findings

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  59. Stimulating Upstream Engagement: An Experimental Study of Nanotechnology Information Seeking

    Article • Social Science Quarterly, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  60. Factors influencing public risk–benefit considerations of nanotechnology: Assessing the effects of mass media, interpersonal communication, and elaborative processing

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, September 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  61. The Role of Media and Deference to Scientific Authority in Cultivating Trust in Sources of Information about Emerging Technologies

    Article • International Journal of Public Opinion Research, August 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  62. Structure or Predisposition? Exploring the Interaction Effect of Discussion Orientation and Discussion Heterogeneity on Political Participation

    Article • Mass Communication & Society, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  63. The Role of Perceptions of Media Bias in General and Issue-Specific Political Participation

    Article • Mass Communication & Society, May 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  64. New Voters, New Outlook? Predispositions, Social Networks, and the Changing Politics of Gay Civil Rights*

    Article • Social Science Quarterly, April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  65. Food nanotechnology in the news. Coverage patterns and thematic emphases during the last decade

    Article • Appetite, February 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  66. Measuring risk/benefit perceptions of emerging technologies and their potential impact on communication of public opinion toward science

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, January 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  67. Science on Television in the 21st Century

    Article • Communication Research, December 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  68. Interpersonal Amplification of Risk? Citizen Discussions and Their Impact on Perceptions of Risks and Benefits of a Biological Research Facility

    Article • Risk Analysis, October 2010, Wiley

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  69. Characteristics and classification of nanoparticles: Expert Delphi survey

    Article • Nanotoxicology, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  70. Value Predispositions, Mass Media, and Attitudes Toward Nanotechnology: The Interplay of Public and Experts

    Article • Science Communication, September 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  71. Making sense of policy choices: understanding the roles of value predispositions, mass media, and cognitive processing in public attitudes toward nanotechnology

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  72. Diversity of Television Exposure and its Association with the Cultivation of Concern for Environmental Risks

    Article • Environmental Communication, March 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  73. The changing information environment for nanotechnology: online audiences and content

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  74. Getting Citizens Involved: How Controversial Policy Debates Stimulate Issue Participation during a Political Campaign

    Article • International Journal of Public Opinion Research, February 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  75. From enabling technology to applications: The evolution of risk perceptions about nanotechnology

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, October 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  76. What's next for science communication? Promising directions and lingering distractions

    Article • American Journal of Botany, September 2009, Botanical Society of America

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  77. Of risks and regulations: how leading U.S. nanoscientists form policy stances about nanotechnology

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  78. Moral Politicking

    Article • The International Journal of Press/Politics, April 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  79. The Soul of a Polarized Democracy

    Article • Communication Research, April 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  80. Presidential Campaign Dynamics and the Ebb and Flow of Talk as a Moderator: Media Exposure, Knowledge, and Political Discussion

    Article • Communication Theory, February 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  81. Religious beliefs and public attitudes toward nanotechnology in Europe and the United States

    Article • Nature Physics, December 2008, Nature

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  82. Religiosity as a perceptual filter: examining processes of opinion formation about nanotechnology

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, September 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  83. Effects of Value Predispositions, Mass Media Use, and Knowledge on Public Attitudes Toward Embryonic Stem Cell Research

    Article • International Journal of Public Opinion Research, April 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  84. Scientists worry about some risks more than the public

    Article • Nature Physics, November 2007, Nature

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  85. The Polls Trends: Public Reactions to Global Health Threats and Infectious Diseases

    Article • Public Opinion Quarterly, September 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  86. The role of presence awareness in organizational communication: An exploratory field experiment

    Article • Behaviour and Information Technology, September 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  87. Finally Informing the Electorate? How the Internet Got People Thinking about Presidential Politics in 2004

    Article • Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, July 2007, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  88. Gender-Biased Data in Survey Research Regarding Wildlife

    Article • Society & Natural Resources, February 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  89. My Friend's Enemy: How Split-Screen Debate Coverage Influences Evaluation of Presidential Debates

    Article • Communication Research, February 2007, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  90. Democracy Based on Difference: Examining the Links Between Structural Heterogeneity, Heterogeneity of Discussion Networks, and Democratic Citizenship

    Article • Journal of Communication, November 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  91. Book Reviews

    Article • Journal of Communication, November 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  92. Nonparticipation as Self-Censorship: Publicly Observable Political Activity in a Polarized Opinion Climate

    Article • Political Behavior, July 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  93. Five lessons in nano outreach

    Article • Materials Today, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  94. Explicating Opinion Leadership: Nonpolitical Dispositions, Information Consumption, and Civic Participation

    Article • Political Communication, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  95. Public Attitudes toward Emerging Technologies

    Article • Science Communication, December 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  96. The Public and Nanotechnology: How Citizens Make Sense of Emerging Technologies

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  97. Effects on risk perception of media coverage of a black bear-related human fatality

    Article • Wildlife Society Bulletin, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  98. Who Cares About the Issues? Issue Voting and the Role of News Media During the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election

    Article • Journal of Communication, March 2005, Wiley

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  99. Examining Differential Gains From Internet Use: Comparing the Moderating Role of Talk and Online Interactions

    Article • Journal of Communication, March 2005, Wiley

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  100. Social Structure and Citizenship: Examining the Impacts of Social Setting, Network Heterogeneity, and Informational Variables on Political Participation

    Article • Political Communication, July 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dominique Brossard, Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  101. Public Diplomacy, Television News, and Muslim Opinion

    Article • Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, April 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  102. Reviews

    Article • European Journal of Communication, December 2003, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  103. Pathways to Political Participation? Religion, Communication Contexts, and Mass Media

    Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, September 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  104. Morgan, M. Granger, Fischhoff, Baruch, Bostrom, Ann, & Atman, Cynthia J. (2002). Risk communication: A mental models approach. New York: Cambridge University Press, 366 pp., ISBN 0-521-80223-7 (cloth) 0-521-00256-7 (paper).

    Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, March 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  105. Knowledge, Reservations, or Promise?

    Article • Communication Research, October 2002, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  106. Examining Differential Gains From Mass Media and Their Implications for Participatory Behavior

    Article • Communication Research, February 2002, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  107. Support for the Death Penalty and Rehabilitation: Question Order or Communication Effect?1

    Article • Journal of Applied Social Psychology, November 2001, Wiley

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  108. Real Talk

    Article • Communication Research, June 2001, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  109. Trends: Attitudes about Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organisms

    Article • Public Opinion Quarterly, June 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  110. Perceptions of 'Public Opinion' and 'Public' Opinion Expression

    Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, March 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  111. Connecting News Media Use with Gaps in Knowledge and Participation

    Article • Political Communication, July 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  112. Personality Strength and Social Capital

    Article • Communication Research, April 2000, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  113. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE SPIRAL OF SILENCE: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW AND EMPIRICAL OUTLOOK

    Article • International Journal for Quality in Health Care, March 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  114. Understanding Deliberation

    Article • Communication Research, December 1999, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  115. Community, Communication, and Participation: The Role of Mass Media and Interpersonal Discussion in Local Political Participation

    Article • Political Communication, July 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  116. Research Note: Distinction and Integration

    Article • European Journal of Communication, June 1999, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  117. Framing as a Theory of Media Effects

    Article • Journal of Communication, March 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele

  118. DELIBERATION OR DISPUTE? AN EXPLORATORY STUDY EXAMINING DIMENSIONS OF PUBLIC OPINION EXPRESSION

    Article • International Journal of Public Opinion Research, March 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dietram A Scheufele