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Kahan, Dan·2010·Nature

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  • People who subscribe to relatively communitarian and egalitarian values are concerned with social injustice, are suspicious of authority (including industry) and are committed to cooperation.

    “people who subscribe to relatively communitarian and egalitarian values are concerned with social injustice, are suspicious of authority (including industry) and are committed to cooperation.”
  • Those high on individualism and hierarchy are more inclined to value industry, downplay its risk to the environment and oppose regulation.

    “Hence, those high on individualism and hierarchy are more inclined to value industry, downplay its risk to the environment and oppose regulation.”
  • The theory of cultural cognition draws on Douglas's grid/group taxonomy - individualistic-communitarian and hierarchical-egalitarian - and argues that these cultural orientations shape people's appraisal of risk, evidence, and scientific consensus.

    “The theory of cultural cognition (Kahan, 2010; Kahan et al., 2010) draws on Douglas’s grid/group taxonomy – individualistic-communitarian and hierarchical-egalitarian – and argues that these cultural orientations shape people’s appraisal of risk, evidence, and scientific consensus.”
  • People who subscribe to relatively individualistic and hierarchical values favor self-reliance, competition and free market solutions.

    “people who subscribe to relatively individualistic and hierarchical values favor self-reliance, competition and free market solutions.”
  • These general and robust findings help identify communicative means by which motivated reasoning can be attenuated or circumvented.

    “These general and robust findings help identify communicative means by which the motivated reasoning can be attenuated or circumvented [5], [32], [38], [50].”

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Authors
Kahan, D.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Kahan, Dan
Venue
Nature
Published
2010-01
Volume
463
Issue
7279
Pages
296-297
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1971332585
Cited by
602
References
8
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 65 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 41 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 47 · 2012: 34
FWCI
123.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Science and Science Education
Keywords
science communication, cultural values, public understanding of science, scientific debate, belief formation
MeSH terms
Communication, Cultural Characteristics, Humans, Morals, Prejudice, Public Opinion, Research Personnel, Science, United States, Risk Assessment, Nanotechnology, Global Warming

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