When science becomes too easy. Science popularization inclines laypeople to underrate their dependence on experts.

Autor/inn/en	Scharrer, Lisa; Rupieper, Yvonne; Stadtler, Marc; Bromme, Rainer
Titel	When science becomes too easy. Science popularization inclines laypeople to underrate their dependence on experts.
Quelle	In: Public understanding of science, 26 (2017) 8, S. 1003-1018 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-6625; 1361-6609
DOI	10.1177/0963662516680311
Schlagwörter	Kritisches Denken; Pädagogische Psychologie; Digitale Medien; Pädagogische Psychologie; Kritisches Denken; Textverständnis; Wissenschaftsverständnis
Abstract	Science popularization fulfills the important task of making scientific knowledge understandable and accessible for the lay public. However, the simplification of information required to achieve this accessibility may lead to the risk of audiences relying overly strongly on their own epistemic capabilities when making judgments about scientific claims. Moreover, they may underestimate how the division of cognitive labor makes them dependent on experts. This article reports an empirical study demonstrating that this "easiness effect of science popularization" occurs when laypeople read authentic popularized science depictions. After reading popularized articles addressed to a lay audience, laypeople agreed more with the knowledge claims they contained and were more confident in their claim judgments than after reading articles addressed to expert audiences. Implications for communicating scientific knowledge to the general public are discussed. (Verlag).
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Update	2019/3