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What Do We Think About Climate Change, and Why?
Psychology Today, Vol.18 March 2018
Psychology Today
2018
Abstract
A recent longitudinal review of studies into the US population’s beliefs about climate change since the early 1980s discloses that they are very similar to positions on other major political issues, such as violence, racism, and socialism. In all such cases, the clue to a divided society lies in “partisan and ideological polarisation enhanced by communications from elites.” In other words, people largely follow the arguments put forward from their side of electoral politics and within their preferred media sources...
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- Title
- What Do We Think About Climate Change, and Why?
- Authors/Creators
- R. Maxwell (Author/Creator)T. Miller (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Psychology Today, Vol.18 March 2018
- Publisher
- Psychology Today
- Identifiers
- 991005544900207891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
- Resource Sub-type
- Nonrefereed Article
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