Politicization of Science in the Public Sphere: A Study of Public Trust in the United States, 1974 to 2010

Organization: American Sociological Association

Politicization of Science in the Public Sphere: A Study of Public Trust in the United States, 1974 to 2010

A study that explores trends in public trust in science from 1974 to 2010, which found that conservatives began the time period with the highest levels of trust in science and ended with the lowest.