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2. Rural perspectives of climate change: a study from Saurastra and Kutch of Western India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Moghariya, Dineshkumar P. (author), Smardon, Richard C. (author), and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-08-01
- Published:
- [place of publication not identified]: SAGE Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10123
- Journal Title:
- Public Understanding of Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(6) : 660–677
- Notes:
- 18 pages., Via online journal., This research reports on rural people’s beliefs and understandings of climate change in the Saurastra/ Kutch region of Western India. Results suggest that although most rural respondents have not heard about the scientific concept of climate change, they have detected changes in the climate. They appear to hold divergent understandings about climate change and have different priorities for causes and solutions. Many respondents appear to base their understandings of climate change upon a mix of ideas drawn from various sources and rely on different kinds of reasoning in relation to both causes of and solutions to climate change to those used by scientists. Environmental conditions were found to influence individuals’ understanding of climate change, while demographic factors were not. The results suggest a need to learn more about people’s conceptual models and understandings of climate change and a need to include local climate research in communication efforts.
3. Scientifically literate action: key barriers and facilitators across context and content
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Crowell, Amanda (author) and Schunn, Christian (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 155 Document Number: D07100
- Journal Title:
- Public Understanding of Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(6) : 718-733
4. The credibility of scientific communication sources regarding climate change: a population-based survey experiment
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sanz-Menéndez, Luis (author) and Cruz-Castro, Laura (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10532
- Journal Title:
- Public Understanding of Science
- Notes:
- 20 pages., via online journal., This article analyses whether different institutional sources of scientific information have an impact on its credibility. Through a population-based survey experiment of a national representative sample of the Spanish public, we measure the credibility that citizens attribute to scientific information on the evolution of CO2 emissions disclosed by different institutional sources (business associations, government, non-government environmental organisations, international bodies and national research institutions). The findings show that an institutional credibility gap exists in science communication. We also investigate the factors accounting for the credibility of the different institutional sources by examining variables related to knowledge, interest, trust, reputation, deference, attitudes, values and personal characteristics. Exploratory regression analyses reveal that identical variables can produce different effects on the credibility of scientific information, depending on the institutional source to which it is attributed.