The evolving field of risk communication

D Balog‐Way, K McComas, J Besley - Risk Analysis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The 40th Anniversary of the Society for Risk Analysis presents an apt time to step back and
review the field of risk communication. In this review, we first evaluate recent debates over …

The Gateway Belief Model (GBM): A review and research agenda for communicating the scientific consensus on climate change

S Van der Linden - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
Empirical research on the Gateway Belief Model (GBM) has flourished in recent years. The
model offers a dual-process account of how attitude change happens in response to …

Defining misinformation and understanding its bounded nature: Using expertise and evidence for describing misinformation

EK Vraga, L Bode - Political Communication, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Research on misinformation is growing in volume and scope, but defining “misinformation”
in a consistent and coherent way has been a challenge for the field. To address this …

Partial, conditional, and moderated moderated mediation: Quantification, inference, and interpretation

AF Hayes - Communication monographs, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Mediation of X's effect on Y through a mediator M is moderated if the indirect effect of X
depends on a fourth variable. Hayes [(2015). An index and test of linear moderated …

The gateway belief model: A large-scale replication

S Van der Linden, A Leiserowitz, E Maibach - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gateway Belief Model describes a process of attitudinal change where a shift in
people's perception of the scientific consensus on an issue leads to subsequent changes in …

Psychological reactance from reading basic facts on climate change: The role of prior views and political identification

Y Ma, G Dixon, JD Hmielowski - Environmental Communication, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Scholars continue to search for solutions to shift climate change skeptics' views on climate
science and policy. However, research has shown that certain audiences are resistant to …

The experience of consensus: Video as an effective medium to communicate scientific agreement on climate change

MH Goldberg, S van der Linden… - Science …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on the gateway belief model indicates that communicating the scientific
consensus on global warming acts as a “gateway” to other beliefs and support for action. We …

Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation predict rejection of science and scientists

JR Kerr, MS Wilson - Group Processes & Intergroup …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research has highlighted how ideological factors such as political self-
identification, religiosity and conspiracy thinking influence our beliefs about scientific issues …

When fairness is flawed: Effects of false balance reporting and weight-of-evidence statements on beliefs and perceptions of climate change.

MN Imundo, DN Rapp - Journal of Applied Research in Memory …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Presenting both sides of an issue is considered a feature of good journalism. However, false
balance can result when equal platform is given to opposing views despite one view holding …

Correcting misperceptions about genetically modified food on social media: Examining the impact of experts, social media heuristics, and the gateway belief model

L Bode, EK Vraga, M Tully - Science Communication, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We experimentally test whether expert organizations on social media can correct
misperceptions of the scientific consensus on the safety of genetically modified (GM) food for …