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A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change

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العنوان: A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change
المؤلفون: Većkalov, Bojana, Geiger, Sandra J., Bartoš, František, White, Mathew P., Rutjens, Bastiaan T., van Harreveld, Frenk, Stablum, Federica, Akın, Berkan, Aldoh, Alaa, Bai, Jinhao, Berglund, Frida, Bratina Zimic, Aleša, Broyles, Margaret, Catania, Andrea, Chen, Airu, Chorzępa, Magdalena, Farahat, Eman, Götz, Jakob, Hoter-Ishay, Bat, Jordan, Gesine, Joustra, Siri, Klingebiel, Jonas, Krajnc, Živa, Krug, Antonia, Andersen, Thomas Lind, Löloff, Johanna, Natarajan, Divya, Newman-Oktan, Sasha, Niehoff, Elena, Paerels, Celeste, Papirmeister, Rachel, Peregrina, Steven, Pohl, Felicia, Remsö, Amanda, Roh, Abigail, Rusyidi, Binahayati, Schmidt, Justus, Shavgulidze, Mariam, Vellinho Nardin, Valentina, Wang, Ruixiang, Warner, Kelly, Wattier, Miranda, Wong, Chloe Y., Younssi, Mariem, Ruggeri, Kai, van der Linden, Sander
المساهمون: Kristianstad University, Faculty of Education, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för lärarutbildning, Originator, Kristianstad University, Faculty of Education, Research environment Individual Group Society (FIGS), Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för lärarutbildning, Forskningsmiljön Individ Grupp och Samhälle (FIGS), Originator, Kristianstad University, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för lärarutbildning, Avdelningen för psykologi, Originator
المصدر: Nature Human Behaviour. 8(10):1892-1905
مصطلحات موضوعية: Natural sciences (1), Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (105), Naturvetenskap (1), Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (105)
الوصف: Communicating the scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is real increases climate change beliefs, worry and support for public action in the United States. In this preregistered experiment, we tested two scientific consensus messages, a classic message on the reality of human-caused climate change and an updated message additionally emphasizing scientific agreement that climate change is a crisis. Across online convenience samples from 27 countries (n = 10,527), the classic message substantially reduces misperceptions (d = 0.47, 95% CI (0.41, 0.52)) and slightly increases climate change beliefs (from d = 0.06, 95% CI (0.01, 0.11) to d = 0.10, 95% CI (0.04, 0.15)) and worry (d = 0.05, 95% CI (−0.01, 0.10)) but not support for public action directly. The updated message is equally effective but provides no added value. Both messages are more effective for audiences with lower message familiarity and higher misperceptions, including those with lower trust in climate scientists and right-leaning ideologies. Overall, scientific consensus messaging is an effective, non-polarizing tool for changing misperceptions, beliefs and worry across different audiences.
وصف الملف: electronic
قاعدة البيانات: SwePub
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تدمد:23973374
DOI:10.1038/s41562-024-01928-2