There is a growing divide in how conservatives and liberals in the USA understand the issue
of global warming. Prior research suggests that the American public's reliance on partisan …

This study uses the politics of global warming in the US to investigate an affective
mechanism of hostile media perception and the democratic consequences of such …

Nationally representative surveys conducted in 2008 and 2010 found significant declines in
Americans' climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and trust in scientists. Drawing upon the …

Understanding public distrust of science is both theoretically and practically important. While
previous research has focused on the association between political ideology and trust in …

During the last decade, a great deal of news media attention has focused on informing the
American public about scientific findings on global warming (GW). Has learning this sort of …

In recent years, some scholars, journalists, and science advocates have promoted broad
claims that 'conservatives distrust science'or 'conservatives oppose science'. We argue that …

We examine how attention to science and political news may influence public knowledge,
perceived harm, and support for climate mitigation policies. Previous research examining …

This exploratory study examines whether readers' assessments of the certainty of scientific
findings depend on characteristics of news stories. An experimental design tested whether …

This study explores the individual-and country-level factors that influence how getting news
from social media relates to people's beliefs about anthropogenic climate change. Concepts …

Previous research suggests both cognitive and affective variables can impact how the public
thinks about new scientific developments such as nanotechnology. Most studies have not …