Niels MedeNov 19, 2022

How can science communication research/practice understand and address #ClimateChange skepticism? 🌡️

Matthew J. Hornsey and @stworg just published an instructive review in #NatureHumanBehaviour: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01463-y

Synthesizes literature on climate skepticism...
1️⃣ and motivated reasoning
2️⃣ as a form of political followership
3️⃣ and infrastructures of #disinformation

#scicomm #commodon

A toolkit for understanding and addressing climate scepticism - Nature Human Behaviour

Hornsey and Lewandowsky examine psychological and structural reasons for climate change scepticism and describe strategies for reducing the destructive influence of such scepticism.

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Show threadSean Macreavy

@nielsmede @stworg

Fascinating and depressing. It beggars belief that this is even a thing! And also that the Billy Big Balls corporations haven't rushed to corner a new market to profit obscenely from renewable energy?

Nov 19, 2022 at 9:33amWeb