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The gateway (mis)belief model: How misinformation impacts perceptions of scientific consensus and attitudes towards climate change.
| Τίτλος: | The gateway (mis)belief model: How misinformation impacts perceptions of scientific consensus and attitudes towards climate change. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Logemann HT; Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Rode JB; Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Maertens R; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., van der Linden S; Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. |
| Πηγή: | British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) [Br J Psychol] 2026 Sep; Vol. 117 Suppl 1, pp. S137-S156. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Sep 01. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0373124 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2044-8295 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00071269 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2011- : West Sussex, England : Wiley-Blackwell Original Publication: London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1953]- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Climate Change* , Communication* , Consensus* , Attitude*, Humans ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Young Adult ; Models, Psychological |
| Περίληψη: | Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity, necessitating immediate action to combat its consequences. Although there is a nearly unanimous scientific consensus that climate change is human-caused, misinformation doubting its causes continues to circulate widely. In this study, we test the Gateway (mis)Belief Model (GmBM) which assumes that misinformation affects perceived scientific consensus negatively, which then cascades down to lower support for public action to mitigate climate change via changes in key beliefs about the issue. We present a reanalysis of data from two online studies in which U.S. participants (N (© 2025 The Author(s). British Journal of Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The British Psychological Society.) |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: climate change; gateway belief model; misinformation; perceived scientific consensus |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250902 Date Completed: 20260904 Latest Revision: 20260906 |
| Update Code: | 20260906 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13543325 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjop.70022 |
| PMID: | 40890974 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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