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Dominique E. Brossard

Biography

Dominique Brossard is professor and chair in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is on the steering committee of the UW-Madison Robert & Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies and an affiliate of the UW-Madison Center for Global Studies and Morgridge Institute for
Research. She is also the leader of the Societal Implications of Nanotechnology group in the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Yeo, Sara K., Xenos, Michael A., Brossard, Dominique E. and Scheufele, Dietram A. Under review, "Information Seeking in an Age of (Un)Reliable Information." Paper Presentation. The Annual Pre-Conference of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

Yeo, Sara K., Runge, Kristin, Li, Nan, Brossard, Dominique E., Scheufele, Dietram A. and Xenos, Michael A. May, 2012. "The Opinion Dynamics Surrounding Nuclear Energy in the U.S.: Exploring the Interplay of Risk Perceptions, Values, Mass Media Use and Knowledge on Public Support for Nuclear Energy." Paper Presentation. The Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Orlando, FL.

Yeo, Sara K., Brossard, Dominique E., Scheufele, Dietram A. and Xenos, Michael A. November, 2012. "Is the Online Environment Changing the Construction of Scientific Controversies." Paper Presentation. The Annual Convention of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.

Yeo, Sara K., Brossard, Dominique E., Scheufele, Dietram A. and Xenos, Michael A. Forthcoming, May, 2013. "Dangerous Disconnects? How Public Discourse about Nanotechnology is Missing the Point." Paper Presentation. The Annual Convention of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Boston, MA.

Yeo, Sara K., Anderson, Ashley A., Li, Nan, Runge, Kristin, Brossard, Dominique E., Scheufele, Dietram A., et al. November, 2012. "Exploring the Interplay of Values and Use of Information Channels on Public Opinion of Nuclear Energy." Paper Presentation. The 2012 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) Conference, Sacramento, CA.