dc.contributor.author | Lyons, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Hasell, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Stroud, N | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-01T15:02:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-09-24 | |
dc.description.abstract | Some extreme weather events may be more likely to affect climate change beliefs than others, in part because schema individuals possess for different events could vary in encouraging such links. Using a representative sample of U.S. adults and geocoded National Weather Service data, we examine how a range of extreme weather event categories relate to climate change beliefs, and the degree to which individuals’ self-reported experiences are shaped by their political views across event types. For tornado, hurricane, and flood events, we find no link with beliefs. For polar vortex and drought events, we find that although self-reported experience is linked with climate beliefs, reporting of these experiences is influenced by political identity and partisan news exposure. These findings underscore a limited role for extreme weather experiences in climate beliefs, and show that events more open to interpretation, such as droughts and polar vortex disturbances, are most likely to be seen through a partisan lens. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by H2020 European Research Council [grant number 682758]. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 12 (7), pp. 876-894 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/17524032.2018.1520735 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34166 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 24 September 2019 in compliance with publisher policy | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group | en_GB |
dc.subject | climate change | en_GB |
dc.subject | extreme weather | en_GB |
dc.subject | personal experience | en_GB |
dc.subject | partisan media | en_GB |
dc.title | Enduring Extremes? Polar Vortex, Drought, and Climate Change Beliefs | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1752-4040 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Environmental Communication | en_GB |