Citizens', Scientists', and Policy Advisors' Beliefs about Global Warming
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5742119 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Toby Bolsen (0000-0002-6984-6632, Georgia State University), James N Druckman (0000-0002-1249-6790), Fay Lomax Cook (U.S. National Science Foundation) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 658 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 271-295 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716214558393 |
| OpenAlex | W2126462424 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 50 |
| References cited | 58 |
Numerous factors shape citizens' beliefs about global warming, but there is very little research that compares the views of the public with key actors in the policymaking process. We analyze data from simultaneous and parallel surveys of (1) the U.S. public, (2) scientists who actively publish research on energy technologies in the United States, and (3) congressional policy advisors and find that beliefs about global warming vary markedly among them. Scientists and policy advisors are more likely than the public to express a belief in the existence and anthropogenic nature of global warming. We also find ideological polarization about global warming in all three groups, although scientists are less polarized than the public and policy advisors over whether global warming is actually occurring. Alarmingly, there is evidence that the ideological divide about global warming gets significantly larger according to respondents' knowledge about politics, energy, and science
Biology · Climate change · Global warming · Ideology · Polarization (electrochemistry) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Publication · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Ecology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Law · Risk Perception and Management
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| Unique citing works | 50 |
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| Citations per year | 4,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |