Constructing and influencing perceived authenticity in science communication: Experimenting with narrative

• Lise Saffran ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lise Saffran, Sisi Hu, Amanda Hinnant

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Sisi Hu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lise Saffran, Sisi Hu, Amanda Hinnant

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sisihu@mail.missouri.edu

  Affiliation School of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2192-0514

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• Amanda Hinnant ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lise Saffran, Sisi Hu, Amanda Hinnant

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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• Laura D. Scherer ,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Susan C. Nagel

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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