DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1759-1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84980018579
论文题名: User comments on climate stories: impacts of anecdotal vs. scientific evidence
作者: Hinnant A. ; Subramanian R. ; Young R.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2016
卷: 138, 期: 2018-03-04 起始页码: 411
结束页码: 424
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Risk perception
; Anecdotal evidences
; Climate change risks
; Individual Differences
; Message reception
; Need for cognitions
; Political ideologies
; Rhetorical strategies
; Scientific evidence
; Climate change
; climate change
; cognition
; communication
; perception
; political ideology
; public attitude
; science and technology
英文摘要: Stories about climate change garner passionate comments from readers, ranging from acclaim to invective. This research is the first to investigate the effects of the rhetorical strategies of deploying anecdotal versus scientific evidence in comments. A between-subjects experiment with a U.S. adult sample (N = 363) tested whether user comments that support or contradict a climate news story, using either anecdotal or scientific evidence, have an effect on message reception. Individual difference variables in audience members have been shown to moderate the effects of comments in previous research. Findings show that political ideology is an important moderator of effects, particularly on the perception of climate change risk and story credibility. And when looking at the reactions of people who have low need for cognition and are highly conservative, climate uncertainty was diminished when anecdotal evidence appeared in comments. Taken together, these findings indicate that, in the context of climate change communication, comments from users can influence whether a climate story is perceived as credible by certain readers and can also disrupt a story’s intended message, particularly if comments attempt to invoke scientific proof for their claims. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84200
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Hinnant A.,Subramanian R.,Young R.. User comments on climate stories: impacts of anecdotal vs. scientific evidence[J]. Climatic Change,2016-01-01,138(2018-03-04)