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Trust is key: Determinants of false beliefs about climate change in eight countries

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2024
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Ejaz, W., Altay, S., Fletcher, R., & Nielsen, R. K. (2024). Trust is key: Determinants of false beliefs about climate change in eight countries. New Media & Society, 27(9), 5281–5300. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241250302

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Science has established the human-caused nature of climate change, yet the prevalence of climate-related misinformation persists, undermining public understanding and impeding collective action. Strikingly, existing research on belief in misinformation about climate change has disproportionately focused on WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) countries. To move beyond this, our online survey (N = 8541) includes high-income countries in North America (US), Western Europe (France, Germany, UK) and East Asia (J

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27

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9

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5281

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Climate change, global south, media trust, misinformation, news media

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English

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2024-05-17

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2024-12-12

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1461-4448

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Ejaz, W., Altay, S., Fletcher, R., & Nielsen, R. K. (2024). Trust is key: Determinants of false beliefs about climate change in eight countries. New Media & Society, 27(9), 5281–5300. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241250302

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