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The Cost of Correction: Scientific Retractions and the Politicization of Science
The Cost of Correction: Scientific Retractions and the Politicization of Science
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202105314
- ISBN
- 9798265482730
- DDC
- 384
- 저자명
- Abhari, Rod M.
- 서명/저자
- The Cost of Correction: Scientific Retractions and the Politicization of Science
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Northwestern University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 119 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-06, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Walter, Nathan.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Scientific retractions, or formal repudiations of published scholarship, have become increasingly prevalent. Because retractions indicate both norm violations and procedural corrections, the rise of retractions can be understood as either institutional dysfunction or progress. In public discourse, including news media, social media, and blogs, the meanings of scientific retractions are negotiated by a variety of communicators. These negotiations take on particular significance in the context of science politicization and media fragmentation, social forces which have undermined the decision-making authority of science. Departing from prior research that has treated the conduct of retractions as a purely technical matter, this dissertation explores how public representations and understandings of retractions reproduce and challenge scientific authority.The first part of the dissertation provides the historical and theoretical foundations of this argument. Tracing the modern history of retractions to highly publicized cases of scientific misconduct in the 1980s, Chapter 2 argues that retractions were standardized as part of a larger strategy to preserve the autonomy of science by demonstrating its capacity for self-correction. Chapter 3 contends that his hard-won autonomy is now under threat from the fragmentation of science enabled by digital transformations in science communication, and the politicization of science, which has been enabled by industry-led efforts to curtail scientific evidence.The second part of the dissertation presents three empirical studies that investigate the public life of retractions across multiple contexts. In a large-scale computational content analysis of over 6,800 news and blog articles about retractions, Chapter 4 finds that storylines that conservative outlets and blogs were more likely to frame retractions as institutional failure, but only when the subject of the retracted article had been politicized. Shifting to social media, Chapter 5 reveals how covid skeptics discussing COVID-19 retractions selectively deployed science skepticism to frame either the original study or the retraction as evidence of institutional corruption, depending on whether the study supported their views. Finally, Chapter 6 evaluates the effect of exposure to retractions of climate change research with different consensus stances and reasons for retraction. It finds that retractions were more detrimental to perceptions of science when the retracted study's initial results affirmed the politicized scientific consensus than when it refuted it. These studies suggest that, rather than assuring the public of the integrity of science, at a time of widespread politicization, retractions may instead be represented by science critics and understood by the broader public as evidence of institutional dysfunction. This indicates the need for greater analytical attention to the reflexive capacity of retraction discussions, the political context of the topic of a retracted study, and the importance of addressing politicization with clear and consistent retraction notices.
- 일반주제명
- Communication
- 일반주제명
- Sociology
- 일반주제명
- Web studies
- 일반주제명
- Political science
- 키워드
- Politicization
- 키워드
- Retractions
- 키워드
- Science
- 키워드
- News media
- 키워드
- Social movements
- 기타저자
- Northwestern University Media Technology and Society
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-06A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aScientific retractions, or formal repudiations of published scholarship, have become increasingly prevalent. Because retractions indicate both norm violations and procedural corrections, the rise of retractions can be understood as either institutional dysfunction or progress. In public discourse, including news media, social media, and blogs, the meanings of scientific retractions are negotiated by a variety of communicators. These negotiations take on particular significance in the context of science politicization and media fragmentation, social forces which have undermined the decision-making authority of science. Departing from prior research that has treated the conduct of retractions as a purely technical matter, this dissertation explores how public representations and understandings of retractions reproduce and challenge scientific authority.The first part of the dissertation provides the historical and theoretical foundations of this argument. Tracing the modern history of retractions to highly publicized cases of scientific misconduct in the 1980s, Chapter 2 argues that retractions were standardized as part of a larger strategy to preserve the autonomy of science by demonstrating its capacity for self-correction. Chapter 3 contends that his hard-won autonomy is now under threat from the fragmentation of science enabled by digital transformations in science communication, and the politicization of science, which has been enabled by industry-led efforts to curtail scientific evidence.The second part of the dissertation presents three empirical studies that investigate the public life of retractions across multiple contexts. In a large-scale computational content analysis of over 6,800 news and blog articles about retractions, Chapter 4 finds that storylines that conservative outlets and blogs were more likely to frame retractions as institutional failure, but only when the subject of the retracted article had been politicized. Shifting to social media, Chapter 5 reveals how covid skeptics discussing COVID-19 retractions selectively deployed science skepticism to frame either the original study or the retraction as evidence of institutional corruption, depending on whether the study supported their views. Finally, Chapter 6 evaluates the effect of exposure to retractions of climate change research with different consensus stances and reasons for retraction. It finds that retractions were more detrimental to perceptions of science when the retracted study's initial results affirmed the politicized scientific consensus than when it refuted it. These studies suggest that, rather than assuring the public of the integrity of science, at a time of widespread politicization, retractions may instead be represented by science critics and understood by the broader public as evidence of institutional dysfunction. This indicates the need for greater analytical attention to the reflexive capacity of retraction discussions, the political context of the topic of a retracted study, and the importance of addressing politicization with clear and consistent retraction notices.
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0163.
■650 4▼aCommunication
■650 4▼aSociology
■650 4▼aWeb studies
■650 4▼aPolitical science
■653 ▼aPoliticization
■653 ▼aRetractions
■653 ▼aScience
■653 ▼aNews media
■653 ▼aSocial movements
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