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dc.contributor.authorBertoldo, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorMays, Claire
dc.contributor.authorBöhm, Gisela
dc.contributor.authorPoortinga, Wouter
dc.contributor.authorPoumadère, Marc
dc.contributor.authorArnold, Annika
dc.contributor.authorTvinnereim, Endre
dc.contributor.authorSteentjes, Katharine
dc.contributor.authorPidgeon, Nick
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-30T14:00:22Z
dc.date.available2020-03-30T14:00:22Z
dc.date.created2019-10-23T14:49:40Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0963-6625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2649483
dc.description.abstractScientists overwhelmingly agree that climate change exists and is caused by human activity. It has been argued that communicating the consensus can counter climate scepticism, given that perceived scientific consensus is a major factor predicting public belief that climate change is anthropogenic. However, individuals may hold different models of science, potentially affecting their interpretation of scientific consensus. Using representative surveys in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Norway, we assessed whether the relationship between perceived scientific consensus and belief in anthropogenic climate change is conditioned by a person’s viewing science as ‘the search for truth’ or as ‘debate’. Results show that perceived scientific consensus is higher among climate change believers and moreover, significantly predicts belief in anthropogenic climate change. This relationship is stronger among people holding a model of science as the ‘search for truth’. These results help to disentangle the effect of implicit epistemological assumptions underlying the public understanding of the climate change debate.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleScientific truth or debate: On the link between perceived scientific consensus and belief in anthropogenic climate change
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionacceptedVersion
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextpostprint
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0963662519865448
dc.identifier.cristin1739929
dc.source.journalPublic Understanding of Science
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 244904


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