Information sources, perceived personal experience, and climate change beliefs

This study proposes and tests a model of serial mediation based on the norm activation model and value-belief-norm theory. It argues that beliefs about climate change are related to perceived personal experience, which is related to the use of different information sources. Structural equation model...

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Main Author: ROSENTHAL, Sonny
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spelling sg-smu-ink.cis_research-11672024-08-13T01:51:05Z Information sources, perceived personal experience, and climate change beliefs ROSENTHAL, Sonny This study proposes and tests a model of serial mediation based on the norm activation model and value-belief-norm theory. It argues that beliefs about climate change are related to perceived personal experience, which is related to the use of different information sources. Structural equation modeling of survey data from 1084 adult residents of Singapore found mixed support for three hypotheses. Results showed that perceived personal experience of climate change was related to the use of traditional media (β = 0.20), social media (β = 0.16), and interpersonal sources (β = 0.13), but not institutional sources. Perceived personal experience of climate change was positively related to agreement with the new ecological paradigm (β = 0.36), awareness of consequences (β = 0.26), ascription of responsibility (β = 0.25), and personal norm (β = 0.20). Generally, perceived personal experience of climate change mediated the relationship between traditional media, social media, and interpersonal sources and each type of climate change belief. This suggests some types of information, but not all, offer vicarious experiences of an environmental phenomenon that largely escapes direct perception. In addition to those theoretical implications, this work has practical implications for audience segmentation and climate change communication. 2022-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/168 info:doi/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101796 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1167/viewcontent/Rosenthal2022_av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection College of Integrative Studies eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Climate change Energy conservation Information Personal experience Personal norm Applied Behavior Analysis Environmental Sciences Nature and Society Relations
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
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language English
topic Climate change
Energy conservation
Information
Personal experience
Personal norm
Applied Behavior Analysis
Environmental Sciences
Nature and Society Relations
spellingShingle Climate change
Energy conservation
Information
Personal experience
Personal norm
Applied Behavior Analysis
Environmental Sciences
Nature and Society Relations
ROSENTHAL, Sonny
Information sources, perceived personal experience, and climate change beliefs
description This study proposes and tests a model of serial mediation based on the norm activation model and value-belief-norm theory. It argues that beliefs about climate change are related to perceived personal experience, which is related to the use of different information sources. Structural equation modeling of survey data from 1084 adult residents of Singapore found mixed support for three hypotheses. Results showed that perceived personal experience of climate change was related to the use of traditional media (β = 0.20), social media (β = 0.16), and interpersonal sources (β = 0.13), but not institutional sources. Perceived personal experience of climate change was positively related to agreement with the new ecological paradigm (β = 0.36), awareness of consequences (β = 0.26), ascription of responsibility (β = 0.25), and personal norm (β = 0.20). Generally, perceived personal experience of climate change mediated the relationship between traditional media, social media, and interpersonal sources and each type of climate change belief. This suggests some types of information, but not all, offer vicarious experiences of an environmental phenomenon that largely escapes direct perception. In addition to those theoretical implications, this work has practical implications for audience segmentation and climate change communication.
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title Information sources, perceived personal experience, and climate change beliefs
title_short Information sources, perceived personal experience, and climate change beliefs
title_full Information sources, perceived personal experience, and climate change beliefs
title_fullStr Information sources, perceived personal experience, and climate change beliefs
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title_sort information sources, perceived personal experience, and climate change beliefs
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2022
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/168
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