Fake Science/Nutrition News: Part 2—Trust. Issue 4 (July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rowe, Sylvia; Alexander, Nick
• Is Part Of: Nutrition today. Volume 53:Issue 4(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-07
• Subjects: Nutrition -- Periodicals; 613.2
• DOI: 10.1097/NT.0000000000000288
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0029-666X

Abstract

Abstract : As has been widely explored in the literature, the evolving science-communication landscape has posed challenges to the credibility and trustworthiness of nutrition and health communicators. Especially, the Internet-mediated democratization of expertise, where every blogger and Web site owner becomes a subject-matter expert, has been problematic for communicators. This article, the second in a Nutrition Today series examining evolving communication issues in the digital age, explores the implications of the reported declining trust in science communications. The authors cite a new definition of trust, suggested at a National Academies of Science workshop, and they report recent survey findings on public trust. After a detailed discussion of the implications of these findings, the authors offer some guidance to nutrition and health communicators on meeting evolving trust challenges.