The conditional effect of conspiracy thinking on attitudes toward climate change

Even though climate scientists are nearly unanimous that climate change is real and manmade, about 40% of Americans reject the scientific consensus. Why? The largest contributing factor is partisanship; however, recent studies argue that underlying conspiracy thinking exerts a positive, linear effec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joseph E. Uscinski, Santiago Olivella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-11-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168017743105