Extreme weather, climate and preparedness in the American mind
2012 survey from Yale and George Mason about how Americans perceive increased extreme weather events and about views on the influence of global warming.
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The politicization of science: A study of public trust in the United States, 1974-2010
2012 study in the American Sociological Review on trends relating to partisan affiliation and trust in science.
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Misinformation and fact-checking: Research findings from social science
2012 New America Foundation report on cognitive and psychological phenomena that make the task of journalistic corrections difficult.
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Shifting public opinion on climate change: Factors influencing concern in the U.S.
2012 study from Drexel University, McGill University and Ohio State University in Climate Change on the drivers of U.S. public sentiment on global warming.
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Measuring Americans’ concerns about climate change
2011 Stanford University study published in Public Opinion Quarterly on how the wording of questions facing society affects respondents’ answers.
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Structure of scientific opinion on climate change
2011 study surveying and analyzing scientific opinion on issues of global climate change and its causes.
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Effect of local weather on perceptions about global warming
2012 study by New York University and Temple University on the link between local weather patterns and perceptions of climate change.
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