Personal Efficacy, the Information Environment, and Attitudes Toward Global Warming and Climate Change in the United States

Despite the growing scientific consensus about the risks of global warming and climate change, the mass media frequently portray the subject as one of great scientific controversy and debate. And yet previous studies of the mass public's subjective assessments of the risks of global warming and...

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Published in:	Risk analysis Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 113 - 126
Main Authors:	Kellstedt, Paul M, Zahran, Sammy, Vedlitz, Arnold
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.02.2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	Administrative efficiency Attitude Attitude to Health Attitudes Automatic Data Processing Climate Climate change Confidence Debates Disputes Ecology Efficacy Environmental policy Evaluation General public Global warming Global warming and climate change Greenhouse Effect Humans information efficacy Mass media Mass media effects Perception Polls & surveys Privacy Proportional Hazards Models Public concern Public opinion Respondents Risk Risk Assessment Risk management risk perceptions Scientists Self Efficacy Social behaviour Subjectivity U.S.A United States United States USA
ISSN:	0272-4332, 1539-6924, 1539-6924
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