Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science?
It is not enough for the public to know the water science that affects their lives; it is also important that they believe it. People are more apt to use water science information if they accept it as true. Moreover, when water science is rejected, policy discourse can devolve into a debate over wat...
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| description | It is not enough for the public to know the water science that affects their lives; it is also important that they believe it. People are more apt to use water science information if they accept it as true. Moreover, when water science is rejected, policy discourse can devolve into a debate over water facts instead of weighing alternative management strategies. A 2020 study suggests that belief in regional water science is influenced by political orientation. As a result, some individuals do not believe what they understand to be the consensus of water scientists on topics pertaining to the Floridan Aquifer. Equipped with this information, water communicators can take proactive steps, prior to a potential water policy introduction, to increase the likelihood that the public will accept water science.
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| spelling | doaj.art-52b6d693af334d689fac3143cbee3a102024-04-23T04:25:51ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092024-03-0120242Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science?Sadie Hundemer0Shenara Ramadan1University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaIt is not enough for the public to know the water science that affects their lives; it is also important that they believe it. People are more apt to use water science information if they accept it as true. Moreover, when water science is rejected, policy discourse can devolve into a debate over water facts instead of weighing alternative management strategies. A 2020 study suggests that belief in regional water science is influenced by political orientation. As a result, some individuals do not believe what they understand to be the consensus of water scientists on topics pertaining to the Floridan Aquifer. Equipped with this information, water communicators can take proactive steps, prior to a potential water policy introduction, to increase the likelihood that the public will accept water science. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/133425waterknowledgebelieftrustpoliticalpartisanship |
| spellingShingle | Sadie Hundemer Shenara Ramadan Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science? EDIS water knowledge belief trust political partisanship |
| title | Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science? |
| title_full | Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science? |
| title_fullStr | Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science? |
| title_short | Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 2—Do People Believe Water Science? |
| title_sort | communicating about water in the floridan aquifer region part 2 do people believe water science |
| topic | water knowledge belief trust political partisanship |
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