"What sceptics believe": The effects of information and deliberation on climate change scepticism

Niemeyer, Simon; Hobson, Kersty

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"What sceptics believe": The effects of information and deliberation on climate change scepticism

Date

2013

Authors

Niemeyer, Simon

Hobson, Kersty

Publisher

Sage Publications Inc

Abstract

Scepticism about climate change now appears a pervasive social phenomenon. Research to date has examined the different forms that scepticism can take, from outright denial to general uncertainty. Less is known about what climate sceptics value and believe