"What sceptics believe": The effects of information and deliberation on climate change scepticism.
"What sceptics believe": The effects of information and deliberation on climate change scepticism.
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10.1177/0963662511430459
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2013-05-01
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Niemeyer, Simon
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Hobson, Kersty;Niemeyer, Simon
对气候变化的怀疑现在似乎是一种普遍的社会现象。迄今为止的研究考察了怀疑主义可能采取的不同形式，从断然否认到普遍的不确定性。对于气候怀疑论者在气候变化方面毫无疑问地看重和相信什么，以及这种信念有多“根深蒂固”，人们知之甚少。作为回应，本文讨论了对澳大利亚首都地区公众对预计的气候变化的反应的研究。使用Q方法和定性数据，它概述了五个关于怀疑的论述，并探讨了区域规模的气候情景和一个审议论坛对这些论述的影响。结果表明，两种形式的干预都刺激了研究参与者之间的话语迁移。然而，移徙很少是持续的，怀疑立场很少被彻底驱散，这表明气候怀疑论、更广泛的信念以及用于了解和辩论气候变化的方法之间的关系，对于理解和解决这一问题至关重要。
Scepticism about climate change now appears a pervasive social phenomenon. Research to date has examined the different forms that scepticism can take, from outright denial to general uncertainty. Less is known about what climate sceptics value and believe beyond their climate change doubt, as well as how "entrenched" such beliefs are. In response, this paper discusses research into public reactions to projected climate change in the Australian Capital Region. Using Q Methodology and qualitative data, it outlines five discourses of scepticism and explores the impact regional-scale climate scenarios and a deliberative forum had on these discourses. Results show that both forms of intervention stimulate "discourse migration" amongst research participants. However, migrations are rarely sustained, and sceptical positions are infrequently dispelled outright, suggesting the relationship between climate scepticism, broader beliefs, and the methods used to inform and debate about climate change, are pivotal to comprehending and addressing this issue.