Climate-Science Communication and the Measurement Problem

Keywords

Identity (music), Comprehension, Competition (biology), Climate change, Social psychology

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• The relative importance of religion and education on university students’ views of evolution in the Deep South and state science standards across the United StatesLeslie J. Rissler, Sarah I. Duncan, Nicholas M. Caruso — 2014
• The Politically Motivated Reasoning ParadigmDan M. Kahan — 2015
• 'Ordinary Science Intelligence': A Science-Comprehension Measure for Study of Risk and Science Communication, with Notes on Evolution and Climate ChangeDan M. Kahan — 2017
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• Misconceptions, Misinformation, and the Logic of Identity-Protective CognitionDan M. Kahan — 2017
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• Epistemic beliefs’ role in promoting misperceptions and conspiracist ideationR. Garrett, Brian E. Weeks — 2017
• Misinformation and Identity-Protective CognitionDan M. Kahan — 2017
• The Importance of Place in Communicating Climate Change to Different Facets of the American PublicAbby Halperin, Peter Walton — 2017
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