With online media, and especially with the offerings of the “web 2.0” or “social web”, the relation of experts and laypersons changes in public communication on scientific information: new arenas of knowledge transfer emerge on the internet (e.g. expert public sphere, collaborative public sphere, personal public sphere). Using the example of medical information, the question was pursued which role the different communication arenas take in building confidence in medical knowledge.
The project is a part of the DFG’s (German Research Foundation) special priority programme “Science and the General Public: Understanding Fragile and Conflicting Scientific Evidence” and was concluded in autumn 2011.
Duration: 2009-2011
Prof. em. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink •
Dr. Claudia Lampert •
PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt
Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Rothenbaumchaussee 36
20148 Hamburg
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