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Politicized Climate Change Communication: An Integrative Complexity Analysis, Meredith A. Repke
Politicized Climate Change Communication: An Integrative Complexity Analysis, Meredith A. Repke
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The vast majority of scientists agree that anthropogenic activities have caused the level of CO2 in the atmosphere to rise at an unprecedented rate, and that the consequences of such a rise may very well be extreme. Despite these warnings, the American people do not possess, on average, the same level of concern towards climate change as scientists. The polarization of media in recent decades, the prevalence of selective exposure, and the general position on climate change of the two major political parties have led to liberals and conservatives consuming different information relevant to climate science. While evidence exists …