The spread of influential misinformation, such as conspiracy theories about the existence of a secret, large-scale...
Journal Articles Articles
Developing effective communication materials on the health effects of climate change for vulnerable groups: a mixed methods study
Individuals with chronic health conditions or low socioeconomic status (SES) are more vulnerable to the health impacts...
Risky business: Engaging the public on sea level rise and inundation
To examine whether U.S. public opinion may become as sharply polarized on adaptation responses as it has been on...
The Mutual Reinforcement of Media Selectivity and Effects: Testing the Reinforcing Spirals Framework in the Context of Global Warming
This study tests a model of reinforcing spirals in the context of global warming, using a 2-wave, within-subjects...
How to Communicate the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: Plain Facts, Pie Charts or Metaphors?
Previous research has identified public perceptions of the scientific consensus on climate change as an important...
The Genesis of Climate Change Activism: From Key Beliefs to Political Advocacy
There are numerous examples of a growing U.S. climate movement. Protests against the Keystone XL pipeline drew an...
Climate Scientists Need to Set the Record Straight: There is a Scientific Consensus that Human-Caused Climate Change is Happening
Nearly all climate scientists are convinced that human-caused climate change is occurring, yet half of Americans do...
Human Health (Chapter 9) – Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment
Climate change, together with other natural and human-made health stressors, influences human health and disease in...
Climate Discussion Echoes Tobacco Debate
In 1962, Luther Terry, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, established the Surgeon General’s Advisory...
Climate Change Education through TV Weathercasts: Results of a Field Experiment
A field study shows that on-air and online education provided by a TV meteorologist over the course of one year...
Fracking Controversy and Communication: Using National Survey Data to Understand Public Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing
The recent push to develop unconventional sources of oil and gas both in the U.S. and abroad via hydraulic fracturing...
If They Like You They Learn From You: How a Brief Weathercaster-Delivered Climate Education Segment is Moderated by Viewer Evaluations of the Weathercaster
Local television (TV) weathercasters are a potentially promising source of climate education, in that weather is the...
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