Actual or Perceived? Comparing Two Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge in the United States and South Korea

초록

This study examines predictors of two key dimensions of scientific knowledge: perceived and factual knowledge about generically modified organisms (GMO) and nuclear energy in the U.S. and South Korea. The findings show that perceived and factual scientific knowledge are conceptually unique across two countries’ samples and not significantly correlated. Most of indicators were not associated with factual knowledge, and attention in newspapers and on the Internet and elaborative processing were related to perceived knowledge. see Communication Theory and Methodology 2014 Abstracts at http://www.aejmc.org/home/2014/06/ctm-2014-abstracts/