Summer Symposia

Summer Symposia
2018 Summer Symposium
Trust and credibility are two critical heuristics that the public uses to interpret, evaluate and make decisions about complex, uncertain and controversial scientific information (Brossard and Nisbet, 2007; Pornpitakpan, 2004). Previous scholars have defined credibility as a multi-item construct that emerges from some combination of the audience’s perceptions of the source’s “trustworthiness” (character, honesty, believability) (McCroskey & Teven, 1999), “expertise” (qualifications, intelligence, authority, knowledge), and “goodwill” (caring, responsiveness, concern, empathy) (Teven, 2008). Though previous studies have described the importance of trust and credibility across several contexts, knowledge about these topics is widely dispersed across multiple fields, each with different definitions, measures and theoretical frameworks (National Academies of Sciences, 2016). Submission deadline: **January 29, 2018**

Previous symposia

2018 Summer Symposium
2016 Summer Symposium
Confronting the challenges of public participation in environmental, planning and health decision-making
2014 Summer Symposium
Fourth Iowa State University Summer Symposium on Science Communication
2013 Summer Symposium
Ethical Issues in Science Communication: A Theory-Based Approach
2012 Summer Symposium
Between Scientists & Citizens: Assessing Expertise In Policy Controversies
2011 Summer Symposium
The Ethical Challenges of Communicating Science within Political Controversies