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CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 83-88Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.03.023
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- NSF [2029183, 1730611, 1823824]
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1823824] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [2029183, 1730611] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Recent research shows that cues from political elites can influence public support for climate policies, potentially perpetuating political polarization. Elites can shape emotional tones of political issues and may hinder urgent climate action despite increasing public concern about climate change. Public may turn towards alternative leaders to reduce polarized attitudes about climate change.
Public attitudes about climate policy are shaped by social identities, norms, and other sociocultural factors. Recent research demonstrates the impact of cues from policy makers and other political elites on support for climate policies, and the processes by which elite cues perpetuate political polarization. Elite cues convey information about social norms that influence people's attitudes about climate policy. This can lead to people supporting or opposing climate policy beyond effects of ideology and climate concern. Elites also shape emotional tones of political issues, which can promote affective polarization and can motivate intergroup conflict. Despite emerging norms that climate change is an urgent issue requiring immediate action, the influence of political elites may polarize and pose barriers to climate action. As public concern about climate change increases, the public may look away from polarized elites and towards alternative emerging leaders who can reduce polarized public attitudes about climate change.
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