Publications

2023

Mede, N. G. (2023). Variations of science-related populism in comparative perspective: A multilevel segmentation analysis of supporters and opponents of populist demands toward science. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207152231200188

Mede, N. G., Schäfer, M. S. & Metag, J. (2023). Cognitio populi – Vox populi: Implications of science-related populism for communication behavior. Communications. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2022-0059

2022

Klinger, K., Metag, J., Schäfer, M. S., Füchslin, T. & Mede, N. G. (2022). Are science communication audiences becoming more critical? Reconstructing migration between audience segments based on Swiss panel data. Public Understanding of Science, 31(5), 553–562. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625211057379

Mede, N. G. & Schäfer, M. S. (2022). Science-related populism declining during the COVID-19 pandemic: A panel survey of the Swiss population before and after the Coronavirus outbreak. Public Understanding of Science, 31(2), 211–222. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625211056871

Mede, N. G., Schäfer, M. S., Metag, J., & Klinger, K. (2022). Who supports science-related populism? A nationally representative survey on the prevalence and explanatory factors of populist attitudes toward science in Switzerland. PloS One, 17(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271204

Wintterlin, F., Hendriks, F. & Mede, N. G., Bromme, R., Metag, J. & Schäfer, M. S. (2022). Predicting public trust in science: The role of basic orientations toward science, perceived trustworthiness of scientists, and experiences with science. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.822757

2021

Mede, N. G., Schäfer, M. S., & Füchslin, T. (2021). The SciPop Scale for Measuring Science-Related Populist Attitudes in Surveys: Development, Test, and Validation. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 33(2), 273–293. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edaa026

2020

Metag, J. (2020). What drives science media use? Predictors of media use for information about science and research in digital information environments. Public Understanding of Science, 29(6), 561–578. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662520935062

Koch, C., Saner, M., Schäfer, M. S., Herrmann-Giovanelli, I., & Metag, J. (2020). “Space means Science, unless it’s about Star Wars”: A qualitative assessment of science communication audience segments. Public Understanding of Science, 29(2), 157–175. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662519881938

2019

Füchslin, T., Schäfer, M. S., & Metag, J. (2019). Who wants to be a citizen scientist? Identifying the potential of citizen science and target segments in Switzerland. Public Understanding of Science, 28(6), 652–668. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662519852020

2018

Schäfer, M. S., Füchslin, T., Metag, J., Kristiansen, S., & Rauchfleisch, A. (2018). The different audiences of science communication: A segmentation analysis of the Swiss population’s perceptions of science and their information and media use patterns. Public Understanding of Science, 27(7), 836–856. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662517752886

Füchslin, T., Schäfer, M. S., & Metag, J. (2018). A Short Survey Instrument to Segment Populations According to Their Attitudes Toward Science: Scale Development, Optimization and Assessment. Environmental Communication, 12(8), 1095-1108, https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2018.1461673

Metag, J., Maier, M., Füchslin, T., Bromme, L., & Schäfer, M. S. (2018). Between Active Seekers and Non-Users: Segments of Science-related Media Usage in Switzerland and Germany. Environmental Communication, 12(8), 1077-1094, https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2018.1463924