Examining the Effectiveness of Climate Change Frames in the Face of a Climate Change Denial Counter-Frame

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 76-97

  McCright, Aaron M ^a   Charters, Meghan ^a   Dentzman, Katherine ^a   Dietz, Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Counter framing; Denial; Experiment; Framing

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENIAL; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; POLICY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84956592389     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12171     Document Type: Article

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