Public attitudes toward biofuels
Effects of knowledge, political partisanship, and media use
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12061997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Cacciatore (0000-0001-8357-4621, corresponding author), Micheal A Cacciatore, Dietram A Scheufele (0000-0002-9914-5407), Andrew R Binder (0000-0002-7080-7550), Bret Shaw (0000-0002-7395-8995) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 36-51 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics and the Life Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-9384 • E-ISSN: 1471-5457 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2990/31_1-2_36 |
| PMID | 23379314 |
| OpenAlex | W2156730773 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 57 |
Despite large-scale investments and government mandates to expand biofuels development and infrastructure in the United States, little is known about how the public conceives of this alternative fuel technology. This study examines public opinion of biofuels by focusing on citizen knowledge and the motivated processing of media information. Specifically, we explore the direct effects of biofuels knowledge and the moderating effect of partisanship on the relationship between media use and benefit vs. risk perceptions in the following four domains: environmental impacts, economic consequences, ethical/social implications, and political ramifications. Our results suggest that more knowledgeable respondents see fewer benefits of biofuels relative to risks, and that Democrats and Republicans are affected differently by media use when forming opinions about biofuels. Among Democrats, greater attention to political media content leads to a more favorable outlook toward the technology across several domains of interest, while among Republicans, an increase in attention to political content has the opposite effect. Possible reasons for these results, as well as implications of the findings at the intersection of politics and the life sciences, are discussed
Biofuel · Business · Economics · Government (linguistics · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public opinion · Public relations · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Biotechnology
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| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |