Lay perceptions of global risk -: Public views of global warming in cross-national context
Lay perceptions of global risk -: Public views of global warming in cross-national context
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DOI：
10.1177/026858098013004004
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发表时间：
1998-12-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Dunlap, RE
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作者：
Dunlap, RE
本文报道了1992年在六个国家（加拿大、美国、墨西哥、巴西、葡萄牙和俄罗斯）进行的盖洛普调查的结果，该调查详细探讨了公众对全球变暖的看法。总的来说，研究结果倾向于支持本研究所建立的小规模但深入的研究：这六个国家的普通公众认为全球变暖是一个问题，尽管没有臭氧消耗或雨林破坏那么严重。大多数人承认，他们不太了解全球变暖，而关于全球变暖的原因和后果的问题的结果表明，他们的理解有限。虽然经常将全球变暖与臭氧消耗和空气污染混淆，但除俄罗斯外，所有国家的大多数受访者都认为全球变暖已经发生，而且所有国家的大多数人都认为全球变暖将在他们的有生之年发生。此外，正如对“风险社会”的讨论所表明的那样，公众对全球变暖的看法在各国不同的社会阶层之间并不一致。文章最后讨论了结果的影响，并质疑公众对全球变暖等高度复杂问题的详细了解是否可行，甚至是有效决策的必要性。
This article reports results from a 1992 Gallup sun ey conducted in six nations (Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal and Russia) that explored public perceptions of global warming in some detail. Overall the results tend to support those of the small-scale but in-depth studies on which the present study built: Lay publics in these six nations see global warming as a problem, although not as serious as ozone depletion or rain forest destruction. Most people acknowledge that they do not understand global warming very well, and results from questions about the perceived causes and consequences of global warming illustrate their limited understanding. While often confusing global warming with ozone depletion and air pollution, majorities of respondents in all but Russia believe that it is already occurring and large majorities within all nations believe that it will occur within their lifetimes. Furthermore, as discussions of the 'risk society' suggest, public perceptions of global warming do not vary consistently across differing social strata within the nations. The article ends by discussing implications of the results, and questions whether detailed public understanding of highly complex issues Like global warming is feasible or even necessary for effective policy-making.