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The Effect of Information Provision on Public Consensus about Climate Change

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Deryugina, Tatyana, Shurchkov, Olga·2016·PLOS ONE

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Despite over 20 years of research and scientific consensus on the topic, climate change continues to be a politically polarizing issue. We conducted a survey experiment to test whether providing the public with information on the exact extent of scientific agreement about the occurrence and causes of climate change affects respondents' own beliefs and bridges the divide between conservatives and liberals. First, we show that the public significantly underestimated the extent of the scientific consensus. We then find that those given concrete information about scientists' views were more likely to report believing that climate change was already underway and that it was caused by humans. However, their beliefs about the necessity of making policy decisions and their willingness to donate money to combat climate change were not affected. Information provision affected liberals, moderates, and conservatives similarly, implying that the gap in beliefs between liberals and conservatives is not likely to be bridged by information treatments similar to the one we study. Finally, we conducted a 6-month follow-up with respondents to see if the treatment effect persisted; the results were statistically inconclusive.

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Authors: Deryugina, T., & Shurchkov, O.
Affiliations: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Wellesley College (US)
Corresponding author: Deryugina, Tatyana
ORCID: Deryugina, Tatyana
Shurchkov, Olga
Venue: PLOS ONE
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2016-04-11
Volume: 11
Issue: 4
Pages: e0151469
ISSN: 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151469
PMC: PMC4827814
OpenAlex: W2322343349
Cited by: 150
References: 37
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5
FWCI: 42.89
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders: UIUC Campus Research Board (13013)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
Keywords: climate change, scientific consensus, information provision, political polarization, public opinion, belief updating, willingness to pay, liberals and conservatives, survey experiment
MeSH terms: Humans, Public Opinion, Consensus, Geographic Information Systems, Climate Change

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