Climate Change Activism Among Latino and White Americans
Climate Change Activism Among Latino and White Americans
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DOI：
10.3389/fcomm.2018.00058
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发表时间：
2019-01-07
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Leiserowitz, Anthony
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作者：
Ballew, Matthew T.;Goldberg, Matthew H.;Leiserowitz, Anthony
研究表明，拉丁美洲人有特别强烈的环保态度并支持减少气候变化的政策。本研究探讨了美国拉丁裔和非拉丁裔白人公民在气候变化行动主义（即联系政府官员）方面的差异，以及预测参与度的个人和社会因素。两项平行的全国代表性调查发现，拉丁裔（n = 1,433）比白人（n = 861）更有可能报告过去曾联系过政府官员，并且未来更愿意联系官员。拉美裔政治参与水平显着提高的关键预测因素包括更大的风险认知、平等主义世界观、亲环境禁令规范、集体政治效能和更大的社交网络效应。竞争性中介分析发现，更强的风险认知最能预测拉丁裔和白人之间气候变化行动主义的差异。气候变化传播者可能会特别寻求扩大拉丁美洲人的支持气候倾向（例如，增强的风险认知）和社会规范，以鼓励这一重要且不断增长的美国人口群体采取更大的气候行动。
Research indicates that Latinos have particularly strong pro-environmental attitudes and support for policies to reduce climate change. This study explores differences in climate change activism (i.e., contacting government officials) between Latino and non-Latino White citizens in the United States, and the individual and social factors that predict engagement. Two parallel, nationally representative surveys find that Latinos (n = 1,433) are more likely than Whites (n = 861) to report having contacted a government official in the past and are more willing to contact officials in the future. Key predictors of Latinos' significantly higher levels of political engagement include greater risk perceptions, egalitarian worldviews, pro-environment injunctive norms, collective political efficacy, and greater social network effects. Competitive mediation analyses find that stronger risk perceptions best predict differences in climate change activism between Latinos and Whites. Climate change communicators might particularly seek to amplify Latinos' pro-climate tendencies (e.g., heightened risk perceptions) and social norms to encourage greater climate action by this vital and growing segment of the U.S. population.