Manipulating risk communication: Value predispositions shape public understandings of invasive species science in Hawaii

摘要: Most invasive species control programs are routine, but a small number prompt public controversy. Local value predispositions shape lay perception of the relative risks and efforts to them. Because generally led by government scientists, perceptions science colored judgment credibility. This article examines proposed release an insect for biological strawberry guava tree which threatens conservation Hawaii’s forests. A local activist manipulated regulatory risk communication, appealed values, persuaded some members elected officials oppose release. case illustrates how, in absence effective engagement processes, routine scientific communication can be confounded divergent knowledge taxonomies hegemony.