Sources of scientific information vary in partisanship and epistemic stance toward science. The current study examined how hedged language (certain vs. tentative) and partisanship of sources (liberal vs. conservative vs. scientific sources) interacted with participants’ epistemic beliefs and political ideology to influence belief in science-related claims and trust in sources. Findings showed that “hedged” language influenced belief in information for individuals with certain epistemic profiles. Participants with higher faith in intuition demonstrated lower belief in claims from scientific sources. Additionally, individuals with a higher conviction that “truth” is political demonstrated lower belief when liberal sources used certain language.

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对冲语言和党派媒体影响对科学主张的信念

科学信息的来源因党派偏见和对科学的认知立场而异。当前的研究检查了对冲语言（确定与暂定）和来源的党派偏见（自由与保守与科学来源）如何与参与者的认知信念和政治意识形态相互作用，以影响对科学相关主张的信念和对来源的信任。研究结果表明，“对冲”语言会影响具有某些认知特征的个人对信息的信念。对直觉有较高信心的参与者对科学来源的主张表现出较低的信心。此外，当自由来源使用某些语言时，对“真相”是政治有更高信念的人表现出更低的信念。