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The gateway belief model: a large-scale replication

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van der Linden, Sander, Leiserowitz, Anthony, Maibach, Edward·2019·Journal of Environmental Psychology

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  • In one experiment, Republicans who received a message indicating that a clear majority of fellow Republicans agreed that the climate is changing and are taking action to combat climate change were more likely to report believing in climate change and to have climate-friendly intentions than those who did not receive this message.

    “In one experiment, Republicans received a message indicating that a clear majority of fellow Republicans agreed that the climate is changing and are taking action to combat climate change. These individuals — relative to those who did not receive this message — were more likely to report believing in climate change and to have climate-friendly intentions323,324.”

    From Cognitive–motivational mechanisms of political polarization in social-communicative contexts (2022) · cites this paper as [323]

    Section 5.1 (page not supplied) says the message reported that 97% of climate scientists—not a majority of fellow Republicans—concluded that human-caused global warming is happening. Section 6 reports increased belief in global warming and support for more public action after the message, and the paper reports effects among conservatives. It does not report a message about Republicans taking action or measure climate-friendly intentions as such. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • In that study, consensus messages decreased ideological polarization by being more effective among conservatives than among liberals.

    “Moreover, the consensus messages in this study decreased ideological polarization by being more effective among conservatives than among liberals.”
  • Another study found that consensus messages effectively increased people's belief in global warming, as well as their support for climate action.

    “another study, however, found that consensus messages effectively increased people's belief in global warming, as well as their support for climate action (Van der Linden et al., 2019).”

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Authors
van der Linden, S., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • George Mason University (US)
Venue
Journal of Environmental Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-04
Volume
62
Pages
49-58
ISSN
0272-4944 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2914105364
Cited by
262
References
107
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 15 · 2016: 1
FWCI
69.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion)
  • Apollo
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Keywords
climate change attitudes, belief updating, political ideology, conservatives, replication

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