期刊
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
卷 54, 期 2, 页码 741-748出版社
KOREAN NUCLEAR SOC
DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2021.08.018
关键词
Nuclear energy policy; Policy literacy; Trust; Transparency; Policy PR
Policy literacy is crucial in facilitating effective communication among the public, policymakers, and experts. This study investigates factors influencing the public's understanding and knowledge of nuclear and new-renewable energy policies (i.e., policy literacy), and finds that transparency and policy public relations activities have positive effects on policy literacy.
Policy literacy plays a critical role in enhancing deliberative communication among the public, policymakers, and experts. It also helps develop a positive view of policy by the public, which facilitates public acceptance. Despite its importance, however, policy literacy has received little attention in energy policy practice. Therefore, this study explores factors affecting the public's understanding and knowledge (i.e., policy literacy) of nuclear and new-renewable energy policies. Accordingly, we analyzed data from an online survey of 790 laypeople in Korea. Specifically, we examined the effects of trust, transparency, and policy public relations (PR) on the policy literacy of the public regarding the two alternative energy sources. The analysis revealed that people showed higher policy literacy about the alternative sources when provided with more transparent information and exposed to more policy PR activities. However, we found that trust in energy plant operators played a negligible role in improving policy literacy for both energy sources. Based on these findings, we developed some policy suggestions to secure the energy policy literacy of the public. (c) 2021 Korean Nuclear Society, Published by Elsevier Korea LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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