A5092173954- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Social Media and Politics
Kristianstad University
2023-2025
University of Gothenburg
2025
Abstract Communicating the scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is real increases beliefs, worry and support for public action in United States. In this preregistered experiment, we tested two messages, a classic message on reality of an updated additionally emphasizing agreement crisis. Across online convenience samples from 27 countries ( n = 10,527), substantially reduces misperceptions d 0.47, 95% CI (0.41, 0.52)) slightly beliefs (from 0.06, (0.01, 0.11) to 0.10, (0.04,...
The use of gender-inclusive pronouns aims to make language more inclusive and reduce biases prejudices based on gender. Previous research shows that men tend resist strongly than other individuals. aim the current study is contribute understanding this stronger resistance among men. We hypothesize are negative toward them less associated with higher levels sexism To test this, we analyze cross-sectional survey data from Sweden, which in 2015 was first country officially implement a pronoun—...
Trust in climate scientists is critical for public awareness and engagement mitigating change. Previous research has shown that right-wing political ideology associated with lower trust scientists, yet the predominant focus on Western countries raises questions about universality of this relationship. Addressing gap our preregistered study, we analyze cross-sectional, secondary data across 26 from all inhabited continents (N = 10,646). While observing generally high trust, right-leaning...
Communicating the scientific consensus that climate change is real increases beliefs, worry, and support for public action in US. Recent science goes beyond mere reality of change—there now broad agreement a crisis. In this preregistered 27-country experiment (N = 10,527), we tested two messages, classic message on an updated additionally emphasizing crisis status agreement. The corrects misperceptions slightly beliefs worry but not action. equally effective provides no added value. Both...
This research examined individual-level ideological variables as predictors of anti-science attitudes, encompassing a lack acceptance, belief, and trust in science an institution source knowledge. We specifically focused on ideologies associated with group-based dominance populism while also considering conventional like scientific literacy, symbolic ideology, partisanship. Study 1 was original survey (U.S. participants, N = 700), which replicated prior showing that political conservative...
Previous research in the Western world shows that men are general more likely than women to deny human-induced climate change or certain aspects of it. We hypothesize threatened masculinity contributes such gender differences Sweden. Threatened refers perception a man’s is being challenged, undermined, devalued, often due societal changes advance women’s rights. Given environmental care and concern typically associated with femininity, who perceive may be restore sense masculinity. Across...
Trust in climate scientists is critical for public awareness about change and engagement mitigation actions. Previous research has shown that right-wing political ideology associated with lower trust scientists. However, much of this focused primarily on Western, Anglophone countries, raising questions the generalizability relationship across countries. To address gap our preregistered study, we analyze cross-sectional, secondary data 26 countries from all inhabited continents (n = 10,641)....
Climate change denial tends to be prevalent among right-wing populists, but the reasons for this are not clear. This study aimed examine association between climate and attitudinal variables associated with contemporary populism. Specifically, we focused on mediating role of trust, or lack thereof, in science, as populists’ discourse centered claims that science is biased therefore unreliable. The results from an online survey (N = 232) demonstrated was most strongly predicted by...