Dire messages about global warming can backfire, new study shows
Prepare to see messages that show how you can prevent global warming if you just give up ...... etc., etc, etc. Oh wait, you already are,Results showed that those who read the positive messages were more open to believing in the existence of global warming and had more faith in science’s ability to solve the problem. Moreover, those who scored high on the just world scale were less skeptical about global warming when exposed to the positive message. By contrast, those exposed to doomsday messages became more skeptical about global warming, particularly those who scored high on the just world scale.
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