Perceptions of climate change and trust in information providers in rural Australia

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-188

  Buys, Laurie ^a   Aird, Rosemary ^a   van Megen, Kimberley ^a   Miller, Evonne ^a   Sommerfeld, Jeffrey ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; environment education; interaction experts publics; public understanding of science; risk attitudes; risk communication; science experts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERACTION EXPERTS/PUBLICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE; RISK ATTITUDES; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCIENCE EXPERTS; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION; INTERACTION EXPERTS/PUBLICS; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE; RISK ATTITUDES; RISK COMMUNICATION; SCIENCE EXPERTS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893615051     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662512449948     Document Type: Article

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