Geoengineering and Climate Change Polarization
@article{Kahan2015GeoengineeringAC, title={Geoengineering and Climate Change Polarization}, author={Dan Kahan and Hank C. Jenkins-Smith and Tor Tarantola and Carol L. Silva and Donald Braman}, journal={The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science}, year={2015}, volume={658}, pages={192 - 222} }
The cultural cognition thesis posits that individuals rely extensively on cultural meanings in forming perceptions of risk. The logic of the cultural cognition thesis suggests that a two-channel science communication strategy, combining information content (“Channel 1”) with cultural meanings (“Channel 2”), could promote open-minded assessment of information across diverse communities. We test this kind of communication strategy in a two-nation (United States, n = 1,500; England, n = 1,500…
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