SciComm Hotline

Building Trust: How much transparency is too much transparency?


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How much does your audience know about you? How much should they know about you? In this episode, Rey and Steph discuss a listener’s experience of discovering a science influencer’s PR strategy and how that connects with a new paper on trust in science: "Lying Increases Trust in Science."  

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Find the paper we discuss, “Lying increases trust in science,” here:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11186-025-09635-1

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SciComm HotlineBy Reyhaneh Maktoufi and Stephanie Castillo