The Pope, Politics, and Climate Change: An Experimental Test of the Influence of News about Pope Francis on American Climate Change Attitudes and Intentions

News coverage of climate change has expanded beyond a focus on science to include stories relating the topic to religion, particularly following Pope Francis’ 2015 call for Catholics to address climate change as a moral responsibility. We tested how effective Pope Francis is as a messenger on the to...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Myrick, Jessica Gall 1984- (Συγγραφέας) ; Comfort, Suzannah Evans (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Brill 2019
Στο/Στη: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Έτος: 2019, Τόμος: 8, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 226-245
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B Καθολική Εκκλησία (μοτίβο), Πάπας (μοτίβο) (2013- : Franziskus), Verfasserschaft1, Laudato si' / USA / Κλιματική αλλαγή / Εκτίμηση
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo:KCB Πάπας
KDB Καθολική Εκκλησία
NCG Οικολογική Ηθική, Ηθική της Δημιουργίας
ZG Επιστήμη των ΜΜΕ, Ψηφιακότητα, Επιστήμη της επικοινωνίας
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Morality
B Climate Change
B environmental communication
B Catholicism
B digital news
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Σύνοψη:News coverage of climate change has expanded beyond a focus on science to include stories relating the topic to religion, particularly following Pope Francis’ 2015 call for Catholics to address climate change as a moral responsibility. We tested how effective Pope Francis is as a messenger on the topic of climate change. A 2 (Pope: present or absent in the story) X 2 (news story topic: climate change or poverty) between-subjects experiment (N = 415) revealed that politically Independent participants reported more negative attitudes and lower behavioral intentions when the Pope was featured in a story than when he was not. Also, Catholic Democrats reported stronger climate change policy support when the Pope was featured in a story than when he was not, but Catholic Independents were more supportive when the Pope was not featured, regardless of topic. Results suggest religion and politics intersect to shape responses to climate messengers.
ISSN:2165-9214
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/21659214-00802003