Andrew Binder

Bio

Andrew R. Binder (Ph.D., 2010, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at North Carolina State University. He conducts research on controversial science topics, including how information about those topics is transmitted through various communication channels and what impact that communication has on risk perception and public understanding of science. His research has been published in the journals Science Communication, Public Understanding of Science, Communication Research , and Journal of Health Communication, among others. Current projects include a national opinion survey on the use of reclaimed water in people’s homes, a meta-analysis of the empirical relationship between sending sexually explicit text messages and sexual behaviors, and a systematic review of research on public opinion of genetic engineering.

Publications

• Public concerns about direct-to-consumer DNA test kits: the evidence from survey and social media data , NEW GENETICS AND SOCIETY (2025)
• Environmental Health Literacy as Knowing, Feeling, and Believing: Analyzing Linkages between Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status and Willingness to Engage in Protective Behaviors against Health Threats , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH (2022)
• Responsible innovation of nano-agrifoods: Insights and views from U.S. stakeholders , NanoImpact (2021)
• An agent-based modeling approach to project adoption of water reuse and evaluate expansion plans within a sociotechnical water infrastructure system , Sustainable Cities and Society (2018)
• An inconvenient source? Attributes of science documentaries and their effects on information-related behavioral intentions , JCOM-JOURNAL OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION (2018)
• An Empirical Agent-Based Model to Simulate the Adoption of Water Reuse Using the Social Amplification of Risk Framework , Risk Analysis (2017)
• Sexting and Sexual Behavior, 2011-2015: A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis of a Growing Literature , JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (2017)
• Assessment of Risk Communication about Undercooked Hamburgers by Restaurant Servers , Journal of Food Protection (2016)
• Celebrity Influence and Identification: A Test of the Angelina Effect , JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION (2015)
• Cellular Automata Modeling Framework for Urban Water Reuse Planning and Management , JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT (2016)